Soul, Mind and Science Education

Soul, Mind and Science Education

An enquiry is made about the nature of the soul at the dawn of premodernism, at the dawn of modernism and in the era of postmodernism. The enquiry is used to support the view that, even in today’s politically correct and morally relativist world, science (and by default science education) should continue to predicate its activity on, and judge its success by, a commonsense appeal to experience,...

The resilient leader: mind, body and soul.

When Robert Laskowski, MD, president and CEO of Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Del., and an ACHE Member, speaks to new employees as part of their orientation, he talks about the organization’s mission, commonly referred to as the Christiana Care Way. It is a framework, a compass if you will, that gets employees and the institution on the right path—the way—and keeps them there: “We ...

Metaphysics or science: The battle for the soul of philosophy of mind

Soul, mind, brain: Greek philosophy and the birth of neuroscience.

The nature of "soul" and the source of "psychic life", the anatomical seat of cognitive, motor and sensory functions, and the origin of neural diseases were broadly debated by ancient Greek scientists since the earliest times. Within the space of few centuries, speculation of philosophers and medical thinkers laid the foundations of modern experimental and clinical neuroscience. This review pro...

Mind, psychoanalysis and science

This collection of papers, like the previous two publications in the series, covers a wide and eclectic range of topics documenting aspects of the development of western medicine in Australia. Such diversity, in methodology as well as content, is not surprising given the open-ended theme and the fact that the conference at which these papers were presented provided a forum for anyone "intereste...