Murphy Nancey
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California 91182, USA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Oct;1001:51-64. doi: 10.1196/annals.1279.004.
Traditional religious teachings about the nature of the person, especially body-soul dualism, influence majority views of the self. Following a historical overview, it is argued that a purely physicalist account of human nature is equally compatible with contemporary science and with Christian thought. However, an account that reduces higher human capacities to neurobiology is unacceptable from a theological perspective.
关于人的本质的传统宗教教义，尤其是身心二元论，影响着大多数人对自我的看法。在进行历史概述之后，有人认为，对人性的纯粹物理主义解释同样与当代科学和基督教思想相契合。然而，从神学角度来看，一种将人类高级能力简化为神经生物学的解释是不可接受的。
