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SEARCH FOR BELIEFS TO LIVE BY CONSISTENT WITH SCIENCE
Author(s) -
Sperry R. W.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1991.tb00815.x
Subject(s) - epistemology , materialism , determinism , causation , interpretation (philosophy) , value (mathematics) , quality (philosophy) , clearing , sociology , philosophy , computer science , economics , linguistics , finance , machine learning
. Instead of separating religion and science into “mutually incompatible realms,” the new macromental paradigm of behavioral science permits integration of the two within a single consistent worldview. A new form of causal determinism combines conventional “bottom‐up” with emergent “top‐down” causation. Traditional materialist tenets are overturned, along with the science‐values dichotomy, clearing the way for a science‐based value/belief system. Intrinsic ethicomoral directives emerge in which a revised sense of the sacred would help protect the evolving quality of the biosphere, and the rights and welfare of future generations. Subsequent versions of today's changing worldview raise questions of which interpretation to believe. An analysis of “New Age” thinking is called for, and a brief attempt at such analysis is included.