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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. 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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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.[1] "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."[1]
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 neuronal activity. This belief must be classed as a superstition. . . . we have to recognize that we are spiritual beings with souls 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 [1]
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.
In addition to this purely scientific study of the brain, Eccles has followed Sherrington in developing a philosophy of the human person that is consonant with the whole of brain science. Nobel Prize bio
Over the course of several decades, partly in collaboration with the philosopher of science Sir Karl Popper, Eccles has developed an alternative theory of the mind, known as dualist-interactionism. - David Pratt [2]
External links
- http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1963/eccles-bio.html - Sir John Eccle's biography.