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100 1 _aMusacchio, José M.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aContradictions
_h[electronic resource] :
_bNeuroscience and Religion /
_cby José M. Musacchio.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXIX, 195 p. 18 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringer Praxis Books
505 0 _aIntroduction -- The Universality of Religious Beliefs -- The Contradictions and Consequences of Religious Beliefs -- The Evolution of Human Ancestors -- The Most Amazing Window on Human Nature -- Why Qualia and Consciousness Seem Mysterious -- The Word-Grounding Problem and the Incompleteness of Language -- The Roots of Knowledge -- Abstract and Imaginary Objects -- Nature Is Logical, Because Logic Is Natural -- Faith and the Validation of Beliefs -- Contradictory Beliefs or "Schizodoxia" is a Poor Mechanism of Adaptation.
520 _a“Contradictions” is a general interest book that exposes the incompatibility between popular religious beliefs and the scientific view of human nature. It begins with a survey of the evolution of religions and their continuing, often irrational, influences in modern society. Then, based on his long experience in neuroscience, the author takes issue with Decartes about the duality of body and soul. He presents case studies of patients with brain diseases and from these deduces that the soul, far from being separate and supernatural, is no more or less than our way of experiencing our brains ... and which correspondingly disintegrates when they do. Convincing clinical findings and powerful arguments about the universality of truth make this book a bold contribution to the debate about belief and religion in the modern world.
650 0 _aScience (General).
650 0 _aNeurosciences.
650 0 _aPhilosophy of mind.
650 0 _aPsychology.
650 0 _aPsychology, clinical.
650 1 4 _aPopular Science.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Psychology.
650 2 4 _aNeuropsychology.
650 2 4 _aNeurosciences.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Mind.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aSpringer Praxis Books
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27198-4
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