FeaturesWed 23 Apr 2008 • Responses: 0 • by Malcolm Jeeves
Forward to Dr. David Norman’s Brain, Mind and Soul in the Theological Psychology of Donald MacKay, 1922–1987
The United States government named the 1990s the Decade of the Brain. The current decade has been labeled the Decade of the Mind. The media daily report exciting discoveries made by those studying the relation of mind and brain. But debates about the relation of mind and brain are not conveniently confined to cognitive neuroscientists and philosophers of mind. They spill over into the concerns of theologians, ethicists and those concerned with debates about how free we are to act and behave as we would choose.
For more than half a century the views of one neuroscientist/philosopher, the late Professor Donald MacKay, had a major influence on debates about mind and brain and soul and body. Donald MacKay’s views continue to influence discussions not only amongst philosophers of mind and brain, but also amongst philosophical theologians. This widespread influence calls for as clear a statement of the views that Donald MacKay had on a series of important issues at the interfaces of science and faith. This book provides it. David Norman has performed an invaluable service to scientists, philosophers, theologians and all those who take their Christian faith seriously.
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