What Science says about the Self
The Science of the Self
Science has invested much of its efforts in understanding world phenomena, but none
more so than in explaining how human beings have evolved from its basic life forms to
its more complex make-up today. Science has been lexically defined as “the intellectual
and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior
of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.” Thus, attempts
to explain Self have been made from the perspective of scientific methods. Further,
scientific approaches to the study of the Self is of two-fold: physical
sciences and social sciences. The former focuses on biological factors that make up
the human body, the underlying growth and maturational mechanisms of people, and
environmental influences that contribute to human development, central focus of which
is the Self. On the other hand, social sciences is concerned with institutions, society,
and interpersonal relationships of people living within society.
Biological Science
Science has made sufficient advances in explaining human beings in the biological
context. Beginning with the tenets of Aristotle and his scientific approach to the study of
human experience, to the Natural Selection within the Evolutionary theory of Charles
Darwin, human development, individuality, and inevitably the Self, has been defined,
analyzed, and explained according to specific mechanisms.
The human body has been explained from a number of scientific standpoints. From a
biological perspective, genetics has been studied extensively by scientists and doctors
on how genes from both parents contribute to the characteristics of their offspring. New
The Science of the Self
Science has invested much of its efforts in understanding world phenomena, but none
more so than in explaining how human beings have evolved from its basic life forms to
its more complex make-up today. Science has been lexically defined as “the intellectual
and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior
of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.” Thus, attempts
to explain Self have been made from the perspective of scientific methods. Further,
scientific approaches to the study of the Self is of two-fold: physical
sciences and social sciences. The former focuses on biological factors that make up
the human body, the underlying growth and maturational mechanisms of people, and
environmental influences that contribute to human development, central focus of which
is the Self. On the other hand, social sciences is concerned with institutions, society,
and interpersonal relationships of people living within society.
Biological Science
Science has made sufficient advances in explaining human beings in the biological
context. Beginning with the tenets of Aristotle and his scientific approach to the study of
human experience, to the Natural Selection within the Evolutionary theory of Charles
Darwin, human development, individuality, and inevitably the Self, has been defined,
analyzed, and explained according to specific mechanisms.
The human body has been explained from a number of scientific standpoints. From a
biological perspective, genetics has been studied extensively by scientists and doctors
on how genes from both parents contribute to the characteristics of their offspring. New
