Physicalism without reductionism: Toward a scientifically, philosophically, and theologically sound portrait of human nature

Zygon

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 551-571

  Murphy, Nancey ^a  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dualism; Nonreductive physicalism; Reductionism; Religious experience; Supervenience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347984224     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00236     Document Type: Article

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