Supervenience and Basic Christian Beliefs

A field-oriented interpretation of Whiteheadian societies of actual occasions, when used to explain the notion of “strong supervenience” as applied to the mind-brain problem, allows one to claim that not only higher-level properties such as consciousness but even higher-level entities such as the mi...

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Main Author: Bracken, Joseph A. 1930- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2001
In: Zygon
Year: 2001, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 137-152
Further subjects:B mind-body problem
B actual occasion
B transempirical hypothesis
B supervenience
B structured field of activity
B God-world relationship
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Summary:A field-oriented interpretation of Whiteheadian societies of actual occasions, when used to explain the notion of “strong supervenience” as applied to the mind-brain problem, allows one to claim that not only higher-level properties such as consciousness but even higher-level entities such as the mind or soul are emergent from lower-level systems of neuronal interaction. Moreover, it also explains the preexistence of God to the world and Christian belief in eternal life with the triune God in a way that is impossible within the limits of a theory of strong supervenience.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00344