A Jamesian Response to Reductionism in the Neuropsychology of Religious Experience

IF 0.8 3区 哲学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Katie Givens Kime, J. Snarey
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Abstract

The neuroscience revolution has revived interpretations of religious experiences as wholly dependent on biological conditions. William James cautioned against allowing such neurological reductionism to overwhelm other useful perspectives. Contemporary psychologists of religion have raised similar cautions, but have failed to engage James as a full conversation partner. In this article, we present a contemporary, applied version of James's perspective. We clarify the problem by reviewing specific James-like contemporary concerns about reductionism in the neuropsychological study of religion. Then, most centrally, we employ three of James's conceptual tools—pragmatism, pluralism, and radical empiricism—to moderate contemporary reductionism. Finally, we point to a constructive approach through which neuroscientists might collaborate with scholars in the humanities and psychosocial sciences, which is consistent with our conclusion that it is often no longer fruitful to separate neurobiological studies from studies that are psychosocial or sociocultural.
詹姆士对宗教经验神经心理学还原论的回应
神经科学革命复兴了对宗教体验完全依赖于生物条件的解释。威廉·詹姆斯警告说,不要让这种神经学的还原论压倒其他有用的观点。当代的宗教心理学家也提出了类似的警告,但没有把詹姆斯当作一个完整的对话伙伴。在这篇文章中,我们提出了詹姆斯观点的当代应用版本。我们通过回顾在宗教神经心理学研究中对还原论的具体关注来澄清这个问题。然后,最重要的是,我们使用詹姆斯的三个概念工具——实用主义、多元主义和激进经验主义——来缓和当代的还原论。最后,我们指出了一种建设性的方法,通过这种方法,神经科学家可以与人文科学和社会心理科学的学者合作,这与我们的结论是一致的,即将神经生物学研究与社会心理或社会文化研究分开往往不再富有成效。
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期刊介绍: The international, peer-reviewed journal Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is the oldest periodical that publishes research in the psychology of religion. It is the organ of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR), founded in 1914. The Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is open to all scientific methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative.
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