Mind, Brain and the Elusive Soul by Mark Graves - 9781032099651

Taylor & Francis

Does science argue against the existence of the human soul? Many scientists and scholars believe the whole is more than the sum of the parts. This book uses information and systems theory to describe the \""more\"" that does not reduce to the parts. One sees this in the synapses - or apparently empty gaps between the neurons in one's brain-where inform > Does science argue against the existence of the human soul? Many scientists and scholars believe the whole is more than the sum of the parts. This book uses information and systems theory to describe the \""more\"" that does not reduce to the parts. One sees this in the synapses\u201Dor apparently empty gaps between the neurons in one's brain\u201Dwhere informative relationships give rise to human mind, culture, and spirituality. Drawing upon the disciplines of cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience, general systems theory, pragmatic philosophy, and Christian theology, Mark Graves reinterprets the traditional doctrine of th.