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Neuroscientific Study of Religious and Spiritual Phenomena: A Field Analysis
Introduction With the rapidly expanding field of research exploring religious and spiritual phenomena, there have been many perspectives regarding...
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Field Analysis of Religion, Spirituality and Human Flourishing
Introduction The Metanexus Institute seeks research projects that scientifically explore the link between religion and spirituality and the virtues...
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Trading Faith for Spirituality: The Mystifications of Sam Harris, by Meera Nanda
Metanexus Cogito. 6,112 Words. “There is something decidedly weird about this business of spirituality. Just say the word モspiritual,ヤ...
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Neuropsychology and Mythology of Motivation for Group Aggression
Jordan B. Peterson, applying theories developed in his masterful Maps ofMeaning: The Archetecture of Belief, considers the problem of...
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Spiritual Transformation Q&A: Mario Beauregard
Some questions about his neuroscientific research on Carmelite nuns.
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Neural Development: Affective and Immune System Influences
1: Introduction Two recent contributions have advanced understanding of brain function: Gerald Edelman’s Neural Darwinism (Edelman 1989, 1992, Edelman...
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The Science of Compassion—A Talk with Evan Thompson
If Evan Thompson, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto is right, cognitive science will be a...
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Emergence and Supervenience: A Reply to Phil Clayton
Metanexus: Views 2001.11.17 2594 words Today’s column by Greg Peterson is the fourth and final response to PhilClayton’s column...
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Neurotheology
Recent interest in Neurotheology raises interesting questions, and hints at some possible answers about thought processes, God, and the...
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The Epistemology of Testimony
If the role of testimony in knowledge is so vast, why is its role in the history of epistemology...