Can Scientists Believe?: Some Examples of the Attitude of Scientists to ReligionSir Nevill Francis Mott James & James, 1991 - 182 páginas In this collection of thought-provoking essays, a range of distinguished scientists and theologians, men and women, young and old, all with strong scientific training and deeply held religious beliefs, in the Judeao-Christian tradition, give their personal answers. They do not always agree, the views of each contributor being informed both by their particular scientific expertise and religious affiliation. They address a wide range of problems that will interest all concerned to reconcile their own religious beliefs with currently-accepted scientific theory and practice. The divergences of opinion are as a significant as the agreements. Positions are thoughtfully explained and make important, often novel and illuminating, contributions to debate on these great issues. |
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... neocortex . It is proposed that the mental events of thinking excite specific areas of the neocortex arranged as a sort of mosaic . The excited areas would be composed of tens of thousands of dendrons . It is postulated that the mental ...
... neocortex which is composed largely of neural units or neurons and which covers the brain even down the deepest convolutions . There are about 40 000 neurons / mm2 and 10 000 million in the whole neocortex . The principal types of ...
... neocortex have been the modules that are recognized by their unitary projection to other units of the neocortex , on the same side or the opposite one . These modular units would be up to twenty times larger than the dendrons , which ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Scientist as Priest | 23 |
Scientific Knowing and the Knowledge of God | 35 |
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