The Organ Of The Mind: A Philosophical Analysis

According to the Dixon, Religious believers do not understand why human beings, created in God’s image, has been claim by scientist as evolved from apes with mushrooms for cousins. Dixon further explain that since 19th century, one thing that have cause challenges to religious beliefs is the scientific claim of ‘the soul’ as a product of brain activity. Religious believers disagree with this claim because the claim made the soul being as products of materialism, determinism, and blank atheism, which they think it, is not true. Furthermore believes have the view that human consciousness, morality, and religion itself is supernatural accounts so it cannot be explained as natural phenomena. Dixon turn is focus on the soul and immortality. He explain
Some Jewish teachers is that hell punishment will be a temporary prelude to eternal bliss. Dixon then discusses issues relating to the brain and mind. According to Dixon, the claim made by scientists in beginning of the 19th century that “the brain is the organ of the mind” raise a question that “if the brain is a product of the mind, how is it possible for an immortal soul to exist.”(p.106) However, phrenology studies reveal that “the different parts of the brain under the ‘bumps’ on the skull were correlated with different mental traits.” Although many scientists since then have raised questions as to the detail methods phrenology of conclusions were wrong, however the basic ideas of that mental functions do correlate with different parts of the brain, seems to be fruitful. In the 1860s, Paul Broca discovered the frontal lobes ( Broca’s area) of the brain, which he believe is responsible for speech production. Dixon goes on to explain that recent studies on brain activity involved in religious experiences, but neurological explanation rules out a supernatural or religious
Religious believers have the view that mind and morality is for supernatural accounts and it cannot be explained as natural phenomena while scientist believe that can be explained as natural phenomena and has nothing to do with religious experience or supernatural. Other thing I have to know is that scientists want to proof that “the brain is the organ of the mind” which means it is a material thing, which control human morality therefore it is natural and not supernatural accounts as religious people,