Author:
Cosgrove, Mark P. author.
ImprintGrand Rapids, MI : Kregel Academic, [2018]
Description180 pages ; 23 cm
Note:The human brain: an introduction to a mystery -- Brain on the table: the anatomy of mind -- Rivers of the mind: shaping the self -- The hard problem: neural pixie dust or God's Spirit -- Free will or free won't: somewhat free and somewhat not -- God spots on the brain: putting God back where he belongs -- Persons at the edges of personality: still there, just hidden from view -- Recreating the human being: future neuro-technologies and robots -- The end of the matter: bottled brains -- Thoughts about persons and brains: you were never out of my mind.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180).
Note:"The brain, with its nearly eighty-six billion neurons, is the most complex structure in the universe, and we are living in a period of revolutionary advancements in neuroscience. Yet scientists and skeptics often frame these findings in ways that challenge the Christian worldview. Many professionals and popularizers claim that human beings are their brains, and that all human behavior and experience are merely by-products of brain physiology. In The Brain, the Mind, and the Person Within, professor of psychology Mark Cosgrove not only explains what the brain is and what it does but also corrects common misinterpretations and demonstrates that what we know about the brain coheres with the teachings of Scripture. He contends that humans are unities of soul and body in which both the spiritual and the physical interact. From this perspective, he presents informative overviews of contemporary debates about the brain, including consciousness, free will, "God spots," personhood, and life after death"--Back cover.
