Can Neuroscience Provide a Complete Account of Human Nature?: A Reply to Roger Sperry

Abstract. In a recent Zygon article (June 1991), Roger Sperry argues for the unification of science and religion based on the principle of emergent causation within the central nervous system. After illustrating Sperry's position with some current experiments, I suggest that his conclusions exc...

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Main Author: Jones, James W. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 1992
In: Zygon
Year: 1992, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-202
Further subjects:B Religion and science
B mind-brain relationship
B Human Nature
B Philosophy of mind
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Summary:Abstract. In a recent Zygon article (June 1991), Roger Sperry argues for the unification of science and religion based on the principle of emergent causation within the central nervous system. After illustrating Sperry's position with some current experiments, I suggest that his conclusions exceed his argument and the findings of contemporary neuroscience and propose instead a pluralistic, rather than unified, approach to the relations between religion and science necessitated by the incompleteness inherent in any strictly neurological account of human nature.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1992.tb01009.x