The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being by Daniel J. Siegel Hardcover, 387 pages Published April 17th 2007 by W. W. Norton & Company (first published January 1st 2007) ISBN 039370470X (ISBN13: 9780393704709) Over the last 20 years, there has been growing attention in the Western world to mindfulness — paying [...]
Continue Reading...In this talk given at the Faraday Institute in 2006, neuropsychologist and neuroscience researcher Dr Warren S. Brown gives a fascinating lecture entitled Reconciling Neuropsychology & Theology. Listen to or view the lecture here (enter “Warren Brown” in the search box). The talk is dated 18 July 2006.
Continue Reading...Some modern philosophers pride themselves on their “naturalism” but real naturalism begins with a proper perspective on our specifically human intelligence. Palaeoanthropologists have taught us that the human brain gradually evolved from ancestral brains, particularly in concert with practical toolmaking, centring on the anatomy of the human hand. This history shaped and constrained the form [...]
Continue Reading...Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature by Malcolm A. Jeeves View all my reviews Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature (Templeton Science and Religion Series) by Malcolm A. Jeeves, Warren Brown Jr. Paperback, 208 pages Published March 1st 2009 by Templeton Foundation Press ISBN1599471477 [...]
Continue Reading...From the Veritas Forum. Faith, Psychology, and the Origins of God: Why do people believe? Justin Barrett, Gordon Burghardt University of Tennessee 21 September 2011 Justin L. Barrett is senior researcher of the Centre for Anthropology and Mind and The Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University. Gordon Burghardt is Distinguished Service Professor [...]
Continue Reading...From the Philosophy Bites Podcast: David Eagleman on Morality and the Brain Should recent discoveries about the brain change our attitude to moral responsibility and culpability? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast neuroscientist David Eagleman argues that it should. David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and a writer. He directs the Laboratory for Perception [...]
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