What Is "I"?
Two responses to the nature-nurture-will issue are set forth in this essay. A devil's-advocate defense of the reductionist position is built on the thesis that the nature of a person is entirely a reflection of genetic and environmental influences; thus, eventually all thought, emotions, and ac...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[1998]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 1998, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 323-331 |
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Environmental Influence
B Advocate Defense B Physicochemical Effect B Subjective Truth B Reductionist Position |
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Summary: | Two responses to the nature-nurture-will issue are set forth in this essay. A devil's-advocate defense of the reductionist position is built on the thesis that the nature of a person is entirely a reflection of genetic and environmental influences; thus, eventually all thought, emotions, and actions would be explained by physicochemical effects of genes and environmental influences. The second position is based on subjective, though non-scientific, truth revealed experientially. This produces a paradox: objectively "I" am part of a determinism, but subjectively I can have a revelation that there is a Creator who has made me creative and given me a spirit. Subjective truth cannot be explained by science. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1022931807774 |