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Secular Spirituality
Harald Walach
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Description for Secular Spirituality
Paperback. Series: Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality. Num Pages: 223 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFSR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
This book discusses spirituality as an emerging scientific topic from a historical perspective, with extensive discussion of the mind-body problem and of scientific concepts of consciousness. While the book focuses on the Western tradition of ‘Enlightenment’, it also implicitly addresses the double meaning of the term, with the Eastern tradition describing it as ‘a state of true knowledge, which is an important goal on an individual’s spiritual path’ and the Western tradition seeing it as ‘the collective process of getting rid of narrow-minded dogmas and concepts’. The book is based on a simple yet challenging premise: Science has not gone ... Read more
This book discusses spirituality as an emerging scientific topic from a historical perspective, with extensive discussion of the mind-body problem and of scientific concepts of consciousness. While the book focuses on the Western tradition of ‘Enlightenment’, it also implicitly addresses the double meaning of the term, with the Eastern tradition describing it as ‘a state of true knowledge, which is an important goal on an individual’s spiritual path’ and the Western tradition seeing it as ‘the collective process of getting rid of narrow-minded dogmas and concepts’. The book is based on a simple yet challenging premise: Science has not gone ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319384399
SKU
V9783319384399
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Ref
99-15
About Harald Walach
Prof. Dr. Dr. Harald Walach is a German psychologist, medical researcher, and historian and philosopher of science. He is currently director of the Institute of Transcultural Health Sciences at the European University Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
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