aristotle-greek-philosopher-polymath-of-classical-period-anc-738212613-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 16, 2016 CategoriesMetaphysics Tagged , __k-review, __tedited, Cartesian dualism, Francis Bacon, hylomorphism, induction, intentionality, materialism, mind-body problem, purpose, Reductionism, René Descartes, teleology, Thomism Teleology and the Mind Michael Egnor August 16, 2016 Metaphysics 6 Perhaps the turning point in modern philosophy of science was the abandonment of teleology by Francis Bacon. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 10, 2016 CategoriesPlanetologyScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, bias, ideology, inference to the best explanation, Tabby's Star In Astronomy, the Inference to Design Is Flourishing Michael Egnor August 10, 2016 Planetology, Scientific Reasoning 2 KIC 8462852, nicknamed "Tabby's star" after the astronomer who first noted its unusual behavior, has intervals of extreme occultation. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 9, 2016 CategoriesMedicine Tagged , Darwinian medicine, evolutionary explanations, explanatory power, Health & Wellness, Randolph Nesse Against “Darwinian Medicine” Michael Egnor August 9, 2016 Medicine 5 Randolph Nesse laid out his vision of medical science informed by Darwinian speculations two decades ago. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 7, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, history, Politics A Dehumanizing Ideology Unsurprisingly Catalyzes Violence Michael Egnor August 7, 2016 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science 1 Ideas have consequences. That includes reducing human beings to animals or meat robots, deprived of free will or any claim to human exceptionalism. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 1, 2016 CategoriesFaith & ScienceNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, free will, Jerry Coyne, justice, metaphysics, moral agency Jerry Coyne: “Reason Is No Different from a Kick” Michael Egnor August 1, 2016 Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 3 The boundary between free will denial and impairment of reality-testing is difficult to discern. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 1, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, agency, causation, determinism, free will, methodological materialism, mind, natural causes, probabilities Causation and the Free Will Debate Michael Egnor August 1, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 4 Consider the analogy of playing a lottery. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Neuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News Without Free Will There Is No Justice Michael Egnor July 28, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Of course Manson acolyte Leslie Van Houten chose to kill, just as millions of law-abiding people choose not to kill. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 27, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, determinism, free will, immaterial mind, immaterial powers, intellect, John Searle, naturalism More on John Searle and Free Will Michael Egnor July 27, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 4 A reader cites Searle's books Rationality in Action and Freedom and Neurobiology, contending that he is in fact a defender of free will. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, computational reductionism, determinism, empiricism, free will, human mind, immaterial reality, John Searle, metaphysics, mind-brain problem, suppressed evidence John Searle on Free Will Michael Egnor July 21, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Modern philosophy of mind is a focused effort to deny human exceptionalism. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 20, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, conscious experience, Jerry Coyne, meaning, thoughts Atheist Philosopher Thinks “We Never Have Direct Access To Our Thoughts” Michael Egnor July 20, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 4 Materialist theories of the mind border on the insane. Read More ›
