caa a22 4500 477052444 CHVBK 20180405111342.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02354926 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02354926 Meitzen Manfred Program for Religious Studies, Medical School, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV aut Two observations about human reason [Elektronische Daten] [Manfred Meitzen] The first observation is that existential reason has two principal strata. While the function of lower reason is primarily reasoning or logic, upper reason ponders emotions, the meaning of existence, the transcendent. Those whose understanding of reason is confined to lower reason are handicapped in coping with emotional and spiritual suffering. Upper reason is a necessary intellectual facility in the resolution of such suffering. The second observation is of thedialectical nature of reason, with which clinicians and theologians trade when pondering reality and in dealing with those they counsel. Yet, many people, especially Americans, are oblivious to the "both-and” reality of existence. Consequently they are not realistic about life nor are they skillful in dealing with their resulting existential conflicts. They are lost when psychological problems cannot be satisfactorily resolved by lower reason; for only upper reason can perceive and creatively integrate the dialectical tensions of existential problems. Institutes of Religion and Health, 1996 Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 35/4(1996-12-01), 343-352 0022-4197 35:4<343 1996 35 10943 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02354926 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02354926 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Meitzen Manfred Program for Religious Studies, Medical School, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 35/4(1996-12-01), 343-352 0022-4197 35:4<343 1996 35 10943 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer