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JournalISSN: 0591-2385

Zygon 

Wiley-Blackwell
About: Zygon is an academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Naturalism & Morality. It has an ISSN identifier of 0591-2385. Over the lifetime, 2287 publications have been published receiving 15487 citations. The journal is also known as: Journal of religion & science.


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01 Jun 2005-Zygon
TL;DR: A review of the available information regarding the relationship between religion and health can be found in this paper, where the authors also discuss issues pertaining to methodology, findings, and interpretation of these studies and suggest constructive ways in which to advance this field of study.
Abstract: The study of the relationship between religion and health has grown substantially in the past decade. There is little doubt that religion plays an important role in many people's lives and that this has an impact on their health. The question is how researchers and clinicians can best evaluate the available information and how we can improve upon the current findings. In this essay we review the cur- rent knowledge regarding religion and health and also critically re- view issues pertaining to methodology, findings, and interpretation of these studies. It is important to maintain a rigorous perspective with regard to such studies and also to recognize inherent limitations and suggest constructive ways in which to advance this field of study. In the end, such an approach can provide new information that will improve our understanding of the overall relationship between reli- gion and health.

152 citations

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Lee Cronk1
01 Mar 1994-Zygon
TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of communication developed by ethologists is used to explain moral systems and moral sentiments in light of evolutionary biological theory, and the core of this approach is the idea that signals are best seen as attempts to manipulate others, rather than as attempting to inform them.
Abstract: Several attempts have recently been made to explain moral systems and moral sentiments in light of evolutionary biological theory. It may be helpful to modify and extend this project with the help of a theory of communication developed by ethologists. The core of this approach is the idea that signals are best seen as attempts to manipulate others rather than as attempts to inform them. This addition helps to clarify some problematic areas in the evolutionary study of morals, and it generates new, testable predictions about moral statements.

147 citations

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01 Jan 1997-Zygon
TL;DR: The hard problem of the why of consciousness is a non-issue for materialists as discussed by the authors, and there are no easy solutions to the problem of why of the mind-body problem.
Abstract: Part 1 The hard problem: facing up to the problem of consciousness, David J. Chalmers. Part 2 Deflationary perspectives: facing backwards on the problem of consciousness, Daniel C. Dennett the Hornswoggle problem, Patricia Smith Churchland function and phenomenology - closing the explanatory gap, Thomas W. Clark the why of consciousness - a non-issue for materialists, Valerie Gray Hardcastle there is no hard problem of consciousness, Kieron O'Hara and Tom Scutt should we expect to feel as if we understand consciousness?, Mark C. Price. Part 3 The explanatory gap: consciousness and space, Colin McGinn giving up on the hard problem of consciousness, Eugene O. Mills there are no easy problems of consciousness, E.J. Lowe the easy problems ain't so easy, David Hodgson facing ourselves - incorrigibility and the mind-body problem, Richard Warner the hardness of the hard problem, William S. Robinson. Part 4 Physics: the nonlocality of mind, C.J.S. Clarke conscious events as orchestrated space-time selections, Stuart R. Hameroff and Roger Penrose the hard problem - a quantum approach, Henry P. Stapp physics, machines and the hard problem, Douglas J. Bilodeau. Part 5 Neuroscience and cognitive science: why neuroscience may be able to explain consciousness, Francis Crick and Christof Koch understanding subjectivity - global workspace theory and the resurrection of the observing self, Bernard J. Baars the elements of consciousness and their neurodynamical correlates, Bruce MacLennan. Part 6 Rethinking nature: consciousness, information and panpsychism, William Seager rethinking nature - a hard problem within the hard problem, Gregg H. Rosenberg solutions to the hard problem of consciousness, Benjamin Libet turning "the hard problem" upside down and sideways, Piet Hut and Roger N. Shepard. Part 7 First-person perspectives: the relation of consciousness to the material world, Max Velmand neurophenomenology - a methodological remedy for the hard problem, Francisco J. Varela the hard problem - closing the empirical gap, Jonathan Shear. Part 8 Response: moving forward on the problem of consciousness, David J. Chalmers.

129 citations

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01 Jun 2005-Zygon
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the role of meditative practice in cultivating experiences of compassion, empathy, and altruism and address an apparent paradox: meditation often is associated with solitary retreat, if not preoccupation with one's own concerns.
Abstract: . We explore the role of meditative practice in cultivating experiences of compassion, empathy, and altruism and address an apparent paradox: Meditation often is associated with solitary retreat, if not preoccupation with one's own concerns. How, then, does such a practice promote compassion for others? We propose a two-stage model. The first stage involves disengagement from usual preoccupation with self-reinforcing, self-defeating, or self-indulgent behaviors and reactions; the second involves a focused engagement with a universal human capacity for altruistic experience, love, and compassion. Reference is made to the limited research literature and to clinical applications of loving kindness (metta) meditation in cultivating these processes.

118 citations

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01 Mar 1991-Zygon
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present and criticise the evolutionary theory of morality and present ways of evaluating Alexander's theory as well as modified versions of it and discuss ways to evaluate them.
Abstract: . This paper presents and criticizes. Alexander's evolutionary theory of morality (1987). Earlier research, on which Alexander's theory is based, is also reviewed. The propensity to create moral systems evolved because it allowed ancestral humans to limit conflict within cooperating groups and thus form larger groups, which were advantageous because of intense between-group competition. Alexander sees moral codes as contractual, and the primary criticism of his theory is that moral codes are not completely contractual but also coercive. Ways of evaluating Alexander's theory as well as modified versions of it are discussed.

115 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202347
202281
202160
202058
201967
201866