Brain, Mind and Soul in the Theological Psychology of Donald Mackay, 1922-1987

“For more than half a century the views of one neuroscientist/philosopher, the late Professor Donald Mackay, had a major influence on debates about mind and brain and soul and body. . . . This book traces out, from Mackay’s many published works, the way his thinking began, was presented and developed on topics such as complementarity, logical relativity, and individual eschatology and just what he meant by describing himself as a Comprehensive Realist. As David Norman spells out the story, he highlights the pitfalls that even some distinguished thinkers have fallen into in interpreting some of Donald Mackay’s ideas. He illustrates how Mackay’s ideas were similar to, but also in some essentials different from, those of distinguished contemporaries, philosophers, scientists and theologians who wrote on the same topics as Mackay and in doing so commented on and critiqued his views.” - Emeritus Professor Malcolm Jeeves, Past President, The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Foreword by Professor Malcolm Jeeves
Acknowledgements
1 Setting the Scene
2 The Life and Times of Donald M. Mackay
3 Complementary Descriptions
4 Comprehensive Realism and the Mind/Body Problem
5 The Free Will Issue: Mackay’s Theory of Logical Relativity
6 Comprehensive Realism and Individual Eschatology
7 Comprehensive Realism and the Next Generation
Conclusion
References
Index

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