Instructor: Dr. Leon James

I. Negative Bias

a. Science that denies anything not of natural and physical matter, also time and space

b. Denies existence of god

c. Denies life after death

d. Denial of anything outside time and space

II. Positive Bias

a. God does exists; there are two worlds (natural and spiritual)

b. Natural= time and space ; Spiritual=mental, outside time and space (also known as the afterlife

c. Both positive and negative bias have never been proven by science

d. Assumed that there is a dualist universe

e. Basic premise of positive bias

1. dualism

2. theism

3. revelation

f. Dualism= natural science and Rational science

1. Mental world=spiritual world

2. thoughts and feelings are non material

3. Mind is part of the spiritual world, the brain is part of the physical world (organ)

4. Law of correspondence: where the brain and mind are connected. The mind is more powerful than the brain; the mind is immortal and lasts after the brain dies

b. The mind is immortal= we ourselves are immortal

5. Natural science= sensory observations and theories based off of observations of the physical environment

6. Rational science= knowledge from Divine revelations and uses Law of correspondence in Theistic science.

III. 3 systems of the mind and body “The three Fold self”

1. cognitive self=thoughts

2. Affective self= emotions, feelings

3. sensory motor= sensations and actions

a. All three correspond with each other

Helpful Web links:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20030620-000001.html

http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/hnegcog.htm

http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/MindDict/dualism.html

-I choose these three web links because the first two gave a different definition of negative bias; a scientific version of a negative bias. The third link gave more information on Dualism, that failed to include Swedenborg’s writing.

Class Home page: http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy24/classhome-g24.htm

My Home page: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/459s2006/jones/jones-outline1.htm