I apologize for the roundabout way of trying to get in contact with you.
I see that you are attempting to follow a Christian perspective on religion and cognitive science.
I have a Master's degree in Engineering. After years of research in the topic I believe that I have found a top-down approach that will work.
Starting from spiritual gifts in Romans 12, I developed a cognitive model which maps on to neurology and which explains extensive aspects of psychology.
If one begins with this cognitive model as a paradigm and asks the computer programming question of how this human computer would be programmed, then the steps which emerge are consistent with Christian doctrine--at the level of systematic theology.
Is this reductionist? Completely. But the content reduces to orthodox Christianity.
Thus, Christianity becomes 'be transformed by the renewing of your mind' and Christianity becomes an expression of Kant's categorical imperative.
And, because the mind filters reality, the person who becomes mentally transformed will also view the external world using the same paradigm.
Curiously, in line with Thomas Kuhn's work, this method of mental transformation only works if one accepts revolution and not evolution as the ultimate personal paradigm. In Christian terms, Jesus' name (which is salvation through rebirth) is above all other names.
I have 1000 pages on my website and I am looking for a way that I can turn my research into a PhD.
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Dear Dr. Van Slyke:
I apologize for the roundabout way of trying to get in contact with you.
I see that you are attempting to follow a Christian perspective on religion and cognitive science.
I have a Master's degree in Engineering. After years of research in the topic I believe that I have found a top-down approach that will work.
Starting from spiritual gifts in Romans 12, I developed a cognitive model which maps on to neurology and which explains extensive aspects of psychology.
If one begins with this cognitive model as a paradigm and asks the computer programming question of how this human computer would be programmed, then the steps which emerge are consistent with Christian doctrine--at the level of systematic theology.
Is this reductionist? Completely. But the content reduces to orthodox Christianity.
Thus, Christianity becomes 'be transformed by the renewing of your mind' and Christianity becomes an expression of Kant's categorical imperative.
And, because the mind filters reality, the person who becomes mentally transformed will also view the external world using the same paradigm.
Curiously, in line with Thomas Kuhn's work, this method of mental transformation only works if one accepts revolution and not evolution as the ultimate personal paradigm. In Christian terms, Jesus' name (which is salvation through rebirth) is above all other names.
I have 1000 pages on my website and I am looking for a way that I can turn my research into a PhD.
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