The brain between two paradigms: Can biofunctionalism join wisdom intuitions to analytic science?

Biofunctionalism appears to be a pioneering effort: to formulate a portrait of the body-mind which acknowledges intuitions we have about human functio ning that go beyond the analytic approach of the cognitive sciences but tha t can yet remain within the worldview and methods of the analytic portrait. The intuitions are (identified as): wholeness, interdependent causality. p resent temporality, effortless action, realness, panoramic knowing, and val ue. Such themes are most fully developed in the meditative and contemplativ e traditions of the world. Biofunctionalism is evaluated both in terms of h ow well it instantiates those themes and in terms of its ability to generat e explanations and predictions within the scientific context.