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Is quantum mechanics relevant for the scientific understanding of the mind-brain problem? Javier Sánchez-Cañizares, researcher of the group 'Mind-brain' of the Institute for Culture and Society and member of the group of research 'Science, Reason and Faith' (CRYF) of the University of Navarra, sheds light on this question in the book 60 Questions on Science and Faith Answered by 26 University Professors (publishing house Stella Maris). Other CRYF members also collaborate: its Deputy Director, Santiago Collado, and David Jou, Héctor Velázquez, Fernando Sols and Ignacio Sols.

The goal of the volume is to argue the necessary partnership between science, reason and faith to broaden the scope of knowledge. It is edited by Francisco José Soler Gil, professor of Philosophy at the University of Seville, and Manuel Alfonseca, Full Professor of Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos.

A total of 14 professors and 12 lecturers from Spain and Latin America, belonging to 13 different universities and specialists in various disciplines. The text has a high academic rigor, although it uses language that is accessible to the average citizen.

The structure of the work is eminently internship. It presents nine chapters that address the relationship between science, reason and faith, and facilitates the timely enquiry of issues of particular interest through answers to 60 questions core topic. There is also an abundant bibliography of enquiry so that the reader can go deeper into the various fields.

It should be recalled that the group 'Mente-cerebro' of Institute for Culture and Society is financed by the Obra Social "La Caixa"..