Lässt sich die Seele naturalisieren?
There are two ways in which the soul can be an object of naturalistic approaches: 1) as explanandum – something which is supposed to be explained away by modern science; 2) as explanans – here the soul is seen as a part of an old explanatory system which will be replaced by modern scientific theorie...
| Subtitles: | Christliches Menschenbild und Naturalismus$dPhilosophische Standortbestimmungen |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Echter
2011
|
| In: |
Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
Year: 2011, Volume: 133, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 303-320 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
|
| Summary: | There are two ways in which the soul can be an object of naturalistic approaches: 1) as explanandum – something which is supposed to be explained away by modern science; 2) as explanans – here the soul is seen as a part of an old explanatory system which will be replaced by modern scientific theories. I argue that explanandum-approaches are inadequate because they presuppose strawmenconcepts of soul as objects of scientific explanations (ethereal body, homunculus). The explanans-approaches seem to be more promising: In the Aristotelian tradition the concept >soul< is used for explanatory purposes. As formal cause, though, the concept of soul cannot be compared with or replaced by theories in neuroscience or cognitive psychology; its explanatory role consists in the integration and interprétation of scientific evidence. It is above all this integrative funetion of >soul< that allows it to link – or to integrate – biological and mental descriptions with each other. As such the hylomorphic concept of soul presents an alternative to naturalistic approaches; its top-down explanations avoid the explanatory gaps of physiealistie bottom-up strategies and offer a structure for Connecting scientific results with common sense intuitions. |
|---|---|
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
|