I came across this work by dr. John D. Jones entitled “The distinction between the soul and body.” Material reductionism does not accept this distinction, reducing all COGNITIVE ACTIVITY (OF THE SOUL) TO THE MATERIAL BRAIN! i AM COPYING A FEW EXCERPTS FROM THIS ARTICLE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN MY NEXT BLOG POSTS.
“can mind/soul as reason/intellect be a bodily reALITY OR MUST IT BE DIFFERENT FROM THE BODY? fOR PLATO AND ARISTOTLE, IT MUST BE DIFFERENT. THIS IS BECAUSE . . . THE BODY AS A MATERIAL THING CAN ONLY APPREHEND MATERIAL REALITIES; . . . ‘LIKE KNOWS LIKE’; AND . . . THE FORMS, NATURES AND ESSENCES OF THINGS ARE NOT MATERIAL REALITIES.”
READ ON. MORE TO COME!