RT Article
T1 Downward Causation – The Way How Mind and Matter Interact?
JF Open theology
VO 1
IS 1
SP 379
OP 388
A1 Losch, Andreas 1972-
LA English
PB De Gruyter
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1828249327
AB The paper analyzes Karl Popper’s and John Eccles’ account of mind-matter interaction and compares their use of the concept of downward causation with other more recent accounts of it, especially those of Nancey Murphy and George Ellis. The argument includes John Polkinghorne’s take on Divine action, as it provides an interesting version of downward mind/matter-interaction. It will be argued that while downward causation is a speculative concept, it nevertheless remains the best approximation to a scientific perspective on mind/matter interaction that we can obtain. As a result, Popper’s and Eccles’ account seems to be more interesting in these regards than usually assumed, and should not continue to be overlooked in the debate.
K1 Divine Action
K1 Downward Causation
K1 Interaction
K1 Matter
K1 Mind
DO 10.1515/opth-2015-0021