Challenges of Christian anthropology in the age of neurosciences Cover Image

Wyzwania antropologii chrześcijańskiej w dobie neuronauk
Challenges of Christian anthropology in the age of neurosciences

Author(s): Tomasz Maziarka
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Misyjne Księży Sercanów
Keywords: dusza;antropologia chrześcijańska;relacja nauka – wiara;„God of the gaps”;materializm;redukcjonizm;Francis Crick; soul;Christian anthropology;science-religion relationship;„God of the gaps”;materi

Summary/Abstract: The article deal with problem of the soul from the perspective of the science. Its purpose is to analyze the views of Francis Crick presented in the book The Astonishing Hypothesis – The Scientific Search for the Soul. The famous Nobel Prize winner tries to refute the religious view that man has a soul by referring to the research of the human brain. Crick’s thesis is as follows: the soul hypothesis must be rejected because of mental phenomena can be explained based on the work of the neurons. The scenario adopted in this way raises some problems. Some of them are outlined in this article.

  • Issue Year: 41/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 31-44
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish