The Possibility of a Neuroteological Approach in terms of Modern Consciousness Theories: Advantages and Disadvantages

dc.contributor.authorUnlusoy, Abdulhan
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T21:02:07Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T21:02:07Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAccording to neuroscience, all human experiences, including spiritual ones, are considered as a product of the brain, and the brain's biochemical processes. Viewing religious experience, which we can regard as a kind of human experience, in the light of neuroscientific data, forms the basis of neurotheological approaches. The subject matter of this article is to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of the neurotheological approaches that attempt to place religious experience at the center of neuroscientific data. In order to determine the advantages and disadvantages of neurotheological approaches, first of all, what the brain. It will be evaluated in the context of its relationship with the concepts of consciousness and mind. In order to determine the advantages and disadvantages of neurotheological approaches, first, the nature of the brain will be evaluated in the context of its relationship with the concepts of consciousness and mind. Second, we will go on to discuss the similarities and differences between our daily experiences and our religious and mystical experiences. In sum, the overall aim of the present paper is to show the advantages and disadvantages of the neurotheological approach to religious experience by investigating the nature of the relationship between the kinds of religious experiences and the concepts such as brain, mind, and consciousness.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.18491/beytulhikme.1763
dc.identifier.endpage566en_US
dc.identifier.issn1303-8303
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage549en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18491/beytulhikme.1763
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/104494
dc.identifier.volume11en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000668813300004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherBeytulhikme Felsefe Cevresien_US
dc.relation.ispartofBeytulhikme-An International Journal of Philosophyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectTheologyen_US
dc.subjectneurotheologyen_US
dc.subjectminden_US
dc.subjectconsciousnessen_US
dc.subjectreligious experienceen_US
dc.titleThe Possibility of a Neuroteological Approach in terms of Modern Consciousness Theories: Advantages and Disadvantagesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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