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THE SPIRITUAL LIMITS OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL LIFE
Author(s) -
Teske John A.
Publication year - 1996
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.1467-9744.1996.tb00020.x
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , surrender , psychology , consciousness , modularity (biology) , spirituality , cognitive psychology , conceptualization , cognitive science , epistemology , psychoanalysis , philosophy , neuroscience , computer science , cognition , medicine , artificial intelligence , political science , law , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
. How neuropsychology is necessary but insufficient for understanding spirituality is explored. Multileveled spiritual requisites are systematically examined in terms of their neuropsychological constituents and limitations. The central “problem of integrity” is articulated via the “modularity” of our neuropsychology, and evidence is presented for disunities of self and consciousness. It is argued that the integrity of self or spirit is a contingent achievement rather than a necessary given. Integrating possibilities include belief, emotion, and relationships. Understanding integrity, and the transformations of self‐surrender and sacrifice, may require explicitly stepping beyond neuropsychology and including the self in a larger system.