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Tag Archives: Malcolm Jeeves
It’s Culture, Stupid
The title to this post will conjure up a variety of different impressions. Some will hark back to old campaign slogans, others will take umbrage at my use of the word “stupid “. Who am I to call anyone stupid! … Continue reading
Posted in Humanness, Science and Faith
Tagged Malcolm Jeeves, Roy F. Baumeister
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It’s in Art
The second essay in The Emergence of Personhood, A Quantum Leap? was written by Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. In his essay Tattersall digs more deeply into what it means to be human … Continue reading
The Dividing Line
What distinguishes humans from other animals? The question is hard to answer definitively. We know intuitively that a dog, a dolphin, or even a chimpanzee is not human. Certainly no other animal builds schools, writes symphonies, performs surgery, or ponders … Continue reading
The Stories We Tell
Chapter 2 of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature by Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S. Brown digs into the warfare model of science as it pertains to neuroscience and psychology. Does science disprove God? Whether … Continue reading
Posted in Humanness, Neuroscience, Psychology
Tagged Malcolm Jeeves, Warren S. Brown
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Apes on the Way Up?
Neuroscience and psychology are fast developing fields with a proliferation of sub-disciplines and degrees offered. Our scientific understanding of what it means to be human is undergoing rapid evolution. In many respects this is the battle front in any active … Continue reading
Posted in Humanness, Problems for Faith, Science and Faith
Tagged Malcolm Jeeves, Warren S. Brown
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The Endless Spiral of Faith and Action
Most of the discussion of science and Christian faith focuses on the conflict or the supposed conflict between faith and science – the warfare narrative. We focus on naturalism and the threat this poses to the experience of God, on … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience, Psychology
Tagged Malcolm Jeeves
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God Guides and Directs … Or Is it All an Illusion?
In his recent book Minds, Brains, Souls and Gods: A Conversation on Faith, Psychology and Neuroscience Malcolm Jeeves, emeritus professor of Psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, answers questions about psychology and neuroscience in the form of … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience, Psychology
Tagged Malcolm Jeeves
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Are Only Humans Moral?
Several months ago I began a series of posts looking at the questions addressed by Malcolm Jeeves (emeritus professor of Psychology at the University of St. Andrews) in his recent book Minds, Brains, Souls and Gods: A Conversation on Faith, … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Psychology
Tagged Frans de Waal, Malcolm Jeeves
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Both Body and Soul
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Mt. 10:28 The Greek word ψυχὴν, psyche, translated soul in … Continue reading
The Power of Ideas
The nature of human beings, what it means to be human, extends beyond mere material physicality. There are two profound ways in which this is true. (1) We develop as individuals, but we do so in communities. We are human … Continue reading
Musings on Science and Theology 