A Jamesian Response to Reductionism in the Neuropsychology of Religious Experience
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Katie Givens Kime, John R. Snarey
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The neuroscience revolution has revived interpretations of religious experiences as wholly dependent on biological conditions. William James cautioned against allowing such neurological reductionism to overwhelm other useful perspectives. Contemporary psychologists of religion have raised similar cautions, but have failed to engage James as a full conversation partner. In this article, we present a contemporary, applied version of James's perspective. We clarify the problem by reviewing specific James-like contemporary concerns about reductionism in the neuropsychological study of religion. Then, most centrally, we employ three of James's conceptual tools-pragmatism, pluralism, and radical empiricism-to moderate contemporary reductionism. Finally, we point to a constructive approach through which neuroscientists might collaborate with scholars in the humanities and psychosocial sciences, which is consistent with our conclusion that it is often no longer fruitful to separate neurobiological studies from studies that are psychosocial or sociocultural.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2018
توصيف ظاهري
307-325
عنوان
Archive for the Psychology of Religion
شماره جلد
40/2-3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1573-6121
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اصطلاح موضوعی
neuroscience
اصطلاح موضوعی
pluralism
اصطلاح موضوعی
pragmatism
اصطلاح موضوعی
psychology of religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
radical empiricism
اصطلاح موضوعی
reductionism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religion & Society
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
William James
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