ABSTRACT
A fundamental problem with the use of neuroscience is what exactly it can claim about reality. Scholars from a materialist perspective might state that as neuroscience progresses, there could be enough information to understand everything that is needed in order to describe consciousness and the human perception of the external world. The implication is that by relating neurophysiological activity to various sensory and cognitive processes, a clear understanding of such processes will be developed and that consciousness and the elements within consciousness will be explained. However, the uncertainty principle described earlier prevents any absolute or ultimate understanding about the universe, at least from a scientific perspective. Is it possible that a neurotheological approach, particularly one that focuses on intense mystical states, might offer a way around the uncertainty principle?
