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THE CRY FOR THE OTHER: THE BIOCULTURAL WOMB OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Ashbrook James B.
Publication year - 1994
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.1467-9744.1994.tb00668.x
Subject(s) - faith , humanity , consciousness , meaning (existential) , literal (mathematical logic) , object (grammar) , creativity , sight , function (biology) , epistemology , sociology , psychology , aesthetics , philosophy , social psychology , linguistics , theology , biology , physics , astronomy , evolutionary biology
. The human experience of meaning‐making lies at the roots of consciousness, creativity, and religious faith. It arises from the basic experience of separation from a loved object, suffered by all mammals, and, in general terms, from the experienced gap between ourselves and our environment. We fill the gap with transitional objects and symbols that reassure us of basic continuity in ourselves and in the world. These objects and symbols also serve the neurognostic function of demonstrating what the world is like. Thus, humanity lives by faith, as manifested in its pattern‐making capacity, and not by literal sight.