Texts, articles and reviews with the following URL: label: 'mind-brain'.
Brain and soul: new ways of looking at an old problem 
summary: The main ideas that I would like to transmit in my chapter are as follows:1. Neuroscience is a biological discipline, which was aimed in its foundation as an interdisciplinary common research. That is, in my opinion, the main reason for showing a great ability of growing in knowledge integration as we have seen and experienced in the last forty years.2 2.However, one of the most remarkable hints in this integrative development could be summarized in the following question: why the humanities studies have recently been of great interest for the neuroscience itself ? 3. To answer this crucial interdisciplinary enquiry, I will try to give you an idea about how difficult it has been for this neurobiological discipline to fully develop an explanation of the human being as a whole from the unique perspective of the functioning of the nervous system.4In a final approach and in contrast with the above-mentioned in n. 3, I will attempt to illustrate how coherent and consistent are the recent neurobiological discoveries (especially related to the field of the systems neurobiology) and the anthropological view of the aristotelian-thomistic philosophical tradition.
Author: José Manuel Giménez Amaya
Intelligence and intentionality
summary: This article explores the difficulties of approaching the problem of intelligence independent of any intentional consideration. First, I examine three classical interpretations of the concept of the mental in goal to show their main shortcomings. Secondly, I argue how an adequate phenomenological analysis of perception is an optimal means to understand the intentional property. Thirdly and finally, I present some interpretative clues about the existence of information in Nature. All this serves to offer, in summary, a better proposal of basic criteria for the recognition of intelligent beings.
Author: Luis E. Echarte
The ambiguity of "neuroethics".
summary: lecture delivered at the Closing conference of the Master of Bioethics. Universidad Católica San Antonio (Murcia), January 21, 2011.
Author: Sergio Sánchez-Migallón
summary: article on the relationship between neurophysiology and consciousness.
Author: Amadeo Muntané Sánchez
summary: essay on Steven Pinker whose first part was published in the issue 119 of
issue 119 of Nueva Revista corresponding to October 2008.
Author: Marciano Escutia
summary: essay on Steven Pinker whose first part was published in the issue 119 of
issue 119 of Nueva Revista corresponding to October 2008.
Author: Marciano Escutia
summary: Interdisciplinary approach from Philosophy and neuroscience.
Author: José Ángel Lombo and José Manuel Giménez Amaya
Mind and brain in contemporary neuroscience.
An approach to its interdisciplinary study
summary: The impressive development of Neuroscience in recent decades has highlighted the need to resort to multidisciplinarity to address the challenges it faces. Among them are those that refer to decisive questions for the understanding of man. This article argues that, in order to address them effectively, cooperation between the sciences must be extended beyond the realm of experimental disciplines. As an illustration of this thesis , after an introduction on the importance of Neuroscience in our days, one of the most relevant aspects for the understanding of the role played by the brain in human life and behavior is addressed: the problem of consciousness. The exhibition is structured by pointing out the framework in which this problem is posed, and then summarizing how Neuroscience and Philosophy have dealt with it. Finally, some suggestions are presented in order to fruitfully develop an interdisciplinary study that allows each of the sciences involved to adequately make its own contribution.
Author: José M. Giménez-Amaya and José I. Murillo
summary: article on the origin and contents of neuroethics: core topic scientific meetings and positions of Adina L. Roskies, Judy Illes, Martha Farah, Thomas Fuchs, Walter Glannon, Jonathan Moreno and Neil Levy.
Author: Sergio Sánchez-Migallón Granados and José Manuel Giménez Amaya
Central issues in the current science-faith dialogue
summary: The work aims to present the current challenges in the dialogue between faith and science. The challenges are not to be found in the discovery of common themes for dialogue, but in the attitude that the scientist and the theologian must adopt in the face of the questions posed to them by the other side. The theologian who listens to the conclusions of scientific knowledge is in a better position to give a reason for his faith today. The Christian scientist who knows the articulation of faith has much clearer horizons of knowledge . The question applies to several current aspects in this dialogue: the body and the soul, the relationship of God with the world, the knowledge of God from what is created, etc.
Author: Juan Arana
More shadows than light in the recent book by Eduardo Punset
summary: review of the book Eduardo Punset. The journey to the power of the mind. The most fascinating enigmas of our brain and the world of emotions. Destino. Barcelona (2010). 364 pp. Contains a critique of the inaccuracies, internal contradictions and exaggerations contained in the work.
Author: Juan Arana