The Science Of Belief
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Author |
: Bradley Stubbs |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 110 |
Release |
: 2017-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1549742515 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781549742514 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Science of Belief by : Bradley Stubbs
The greatest book to create the greatest winning mindset. A unique book that gives anyone the edge over their opposition in terms of mindset and their ability to win. Bradley Charles Stubbs, the Coach Whisperer takes you on a journey through the mind. While he makes you aware of your strengths he empowers your weaknesses to ensure winning results. The Science of Belief is an extension on Neuroscience. Whilst neuroscience understands the brain, the science of belief puts the brain into action. It develops techniques to activate the brain into a winning mindset.
Author |
: Russell Stannard |
Publisher |
: Templeton Foundation Press |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2004-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 193203174X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781932031744 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Science and the Renewal Of Belief by : Russell Stannard
Annotation. Originally published to high acclaim in Great Britain and now updated and available for the first time in a U.S. edition, Science and the Renewal of Belief sheds light on ways in which science and religion influence each other and can help each other. "Science and logic cannot establish belief," writes author Russell Stannard, "but belief can be confirmed and renewed within the changed perspective of modern science."
Author |
: Jones, Stephen |
Publisher |
: Bristol University Press |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2019-05-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781529206944 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1529206944 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science, Belief and Society by : Jones, Stephen
The relationship between science and belief has been a prominent subject of public debate for many years, one that has relevance to everything from science communication, health and education to immigration and national values. Yet, sociological analysis of these subjects remains surprisingly scarce. This wide-ranging book critically reviews the ways in which religious and non-religious belief systems interact with scientific theories and practices. Contributors explore how, for some secularists, ‘science’ forms an important part of social identity. Others examine how many contemporary religious movements justify their beliefs by making a claim upon science. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the United States, the book shows how debates about science and belief are firmly embedded in political conflict, class, community and culture.
Author |
: Adam Gollner |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2014-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439109434 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439109435 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book of Immortality by : Adam Gollner
An exploration of one of the most universal human obsessions charts the rise of longevity science from its alchemical beginnings to modern-day genetic interventions and enters the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality.
Author |
: Justin L. Barrett |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2012-03-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439196571 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439196575 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Born Believers by : Justin L. Barrett
Infants have a lot to make sense of in the world: Why does the sun shine and night fall; why do some objects move in response to words, while others won’t budge; who is it that looks over them and cares for them? How the developing brain grapples with these and other questions leads children, across cultures, to naturally develop a belief in a divine power of remarkably consistent traits––a god that is a powerful creator, knowing, immortal, and good—explains noted developmental psychologist and anthropologist Justin L. Barrett in this enlightening and provocative book. In short, we are all born believers. Belief begins in the brain. Under the sway of powerful internal and external influences, children understand their environments by imagining at least one creative and intelligent agent, a grand creator and controller that brings order and purpose to the world. Further, these beliefs in unseen super beings help organize children’s intuitions about morality and surprising life events, making life meaningful. Summarizing scientific experiments conducted with children across the globe, Professor Barrett illustrates the ways human beings have come to develop complex belief systems about God’s omniscience, the afterlife, and the immortality of deities. He shows how the science of childhood religiosity reveals, across humanity, a “natural religion,” the organization of those beliefs that humans gravitate to organically, and how it underlies all of the world’s major religions, uniting them under one common source. For believers and nonbelievers alike, Barrett offers a compelling argument for the human instinct for religion, as he guides all parents in how to effectively encourage children in developing a healthy constellation of beliefs about the world around them.
Author |
: Michael Shermer |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2011-05-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429972611 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429972610 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Believing Brain by : Michael Shermer
The Believing Brain is bestselling author Michael Shermer's comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished. In this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of science, and the world's best-known skeptic Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain, Shermer argues, is a belief engine. From sensory data flowing in through the senses, the brain naturally begins to look for and find patterns, and then infuses those patterns with meaning. Our brains connect the dots of our world into meaningful patterns that explain why things happen, and these patterns become beliefs. Once beliefs are formed the brain begins to look for and find confirmatory evidence in support of those beliefs, which accelerates the process of reinforcing them, and round and round the process goes in a positive-feedback loop of belief confirmation. Shermer outlines the numerous cognitive tools our brains engage to reinforce our beliefs as truths. Interlaced with his theory of belief, Shermer provides countless real-world examples of how this process operates, from politics, economics, and religion to conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and the paranormal. Ultimately, he demonstrates why science is the best tool ever devised to determine whether or not a belief matches reality.
Author |
: John J. McGraw |
Publisher |
: AEGIS PRESS |
Total Pages |
: 422 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780974764504 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0974764507 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Brain & Belief by : John J. McGraw
From its beginnings in prehistoric religion to its central importance in Western faith traditions, the soul has been a constant source of fascination and speculation. Brain & Belief seeks to understand mankind's obsession with life, death, and the afterlife. Exploring the latest insights from neuroscience, psychopharmacology, and existential psychology, McGraw exhaustively researches the various takes on the human soul and considers the meaning of the soul in a postmodern world. The ambitious scope of the book is balanced by a deeply personal voice whose sympathy for both science and religion is resonant.
Author |
: John Polkinghorne |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 1998-03-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300174106 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300174101 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Belief in God in an Age of Science by : John Polkinghorne
John Polkinghorne is a major figure in today’s debates over the compatibility of science and religion. Internationally known as both a theoretical physicist and a theologian—the only ordained member of the Royal Society—Polkinghorne brings unique qualifications to his inquiry into the possibilities of believing in God in an age of science. In this thought-provoking book, the author focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that these "intellectual cousins" are both concerned with interpreted experience and with the quest for truth about reality. He argues eloquently that scientific and theological inquiries are parallel. The book begins with a discussion of what belief in God can mean in our times. Polkinghorne explores a new natural theology and emphasizes the importance of moral and aesthetic experience and the human intuition of value and hope. In other chapters, he compares science’s struggle to understand the nature of light with Christian theology’s struggle to understand the nature of Christ. He addresses the question, Does God act in the physical world? And he extends his ideas about the role of chaos theory, surveys the prospects for future dialogue between scientific and theological thinkers, and defends a critical realist understanding of the activities of both disciplines. Polkinghorne concludes with a consideration of the nature of mathematical truths and the links between the complementary realities of physical and mental experience.
Author |
: Elaine Howard Ecklund |
Publisher |
: OUP USA |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2010-05-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195392982 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195392981 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science Vs. Religion by : Elaine Howard Ecklund
That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted. And in the wake of recent controversies over teaching intelligent design and the ethics of stem-cell research, the divide seems as unbridgeable as ever.In Science vs. Religion, Elaine Howard Ecklund investigates this unexamined assumption in the first systematic study of what scientists actually think and feel about religion. In the course of her research, Ecklund surveyed nearly 1,700 scientists and interviewed 275 of them. She finds that most of what we believe about the faith lives of elite scientists is wrong. Nearly 50 percent of them are religious. Many others are what she calls "spiritual entrepreneurs," seeking creative ways to work with the tensions between science and faith outside the constraints of traditional religion. The book centers around vivid portraits of 10 representative men and women working in the natural and social sciences at top American research universities. Ecklund's respondents run the gamut from Margaret, a chemist who teaches a Sunday-school class, to Arik, a physicist who chose not to believe in God well before he decided to become a scientist. Only a small minority are actively hostile to religion. Ecklund reveals how scientists-believers and skeptics alike-are struggling to engage the increasing number of religious students in their classrooms and argues that many scientists are searching for "boundary pioneers" to cross the picket lines separating science and religion.With broad implications for education, science funding, and the thorny ethical questions surrounding stem-cell research, cloning, and other cutting-edge scientific endeavors, Science vs. Religion brings a welcome dose of reality to the science and religion debates.
Author |
: Francis Collins |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: 2008-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847396150 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1847396151 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Language of God by : Francis Collins
Dr Francis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists, working at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God. How does he reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable? In THE LANGUAGE OF GOD he explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes the reader on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry and biology -- indeed, reason itself -- are not incompatible with belief. His book is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?