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Sir '''John Eccles''' (1903-1997) the prize-winning author of ''[[Mind and Brain]]''.  He won the [[Nobel Prize]] in Physiology or Medicine in 1963.  

Sir '''John Eccles''' (1903-1997) the prize-winning author of ''[[Mind and Brain]]''.  He won the [[Nobel Prize]] in Physiology or Medicine in 1963.  

He "was a strong advocate and collaborator with his long-time friend, Sir [[Karl Popper]], in promoting understanding of an approach to science, in which the scientist must formulate a [[hypothesis]] and deduce from that consequences that can be [[falsified]] by [[testing]]. <ref name=nwe>[http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/John_Carew_Eccles#The_mystery_of_the_self Encyclopedia Project]</ref>

He "was a strong advocate and collaborator with his long-time friend, Sir [[Karl Popper]], in promoting understanding of an approach to science, in which the scientist must formulate a [[hypothesis]] and deduce from that consequences that can be [[falsified]] by [[testing]].<ref name=nwe>[http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/John_Carew_Eccles#The_mystery_of_the_self Encyclopedia Project]</ref>

"In his specialty of neuroscience, he was a forceful and nearly singular voice upholding the view that the human mind included a part existing distinctly from the physical brain and not explainable as an epiphenomena of that brain."<ref name=nwe />

"In his specialty of neuroscience, he was a forceful and nearly singular voice upholding the view that the human mind included a part existing distinctly from the physical brain and not explainable as an epiphenomena of that brain."<ref name=nwe />

Eccles opposed [[scientific reductionism]]:

Eccles opposed [[scientific reductionism]]:

*I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by scientific reductionism, with its claim in promissory [[materialism]] to account eventually for all of the spiritual world in terms of patterns of [[neuron]]al activity. This belief must be classed as a [[superstition]]. . . . we have to recognize that we are [[spiritual beings]] with [[soul]]s existing in a [[spiritual world]] as well as material beings with bodies and brains existing in a material world. --Evolution of the Brain, Creation of the Self, p. 241 [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm]

*I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by scientific reductionism, with its claim in promissory [[materialism]] to account eventually for all of the spiritual world in terms of patterns of [[neuron]]al activity. This belief must be classed as a [[superstition]]. . . . we have to recognize that we are [[spiritual beings]] with [[soul]]s existing in a [[spiritual world]] as well as material beings with bodies and brains existing in a material world. --Evolution of the Brain, Creation of the Self, p.&nbsp;241 [http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/science/prat-bra.htm]

Late in his career, Eccles began participating in a series of science conferences sponsored by one of Rev. [[Sun Myung Moon]]'s organizations (see [[ICUS]]), even serving a few years as chairman.

Late in his career, Eccles began participating in a series of science conferences sponsored by one of Rev. [[Sun Myung Moon]]'s organizations (see [[ICUS]]), even serving a few years as chairman.

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