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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, books, China, computer program, data, dog, Human, Immanuel Kant, Johns Hopkins University, love, memories, mortality, movies, neuroscience, philosophy, Ray Kurzweil, reason, simulation, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Nagel, Werner Heisenberg, William Egginton}

Your Mind Uploaded to AI Would Not Be You

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 5, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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In death, the immortal mind, whose memories the computer supposedly holds, has moved on. The simulation may be a good one but it is not a surviving self. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, abortion, americans, aneurysm, assisted suicide, atheism, brain, castration, Christianity, culture, Denyse O’Leary, euthanasia, Heaven, immateriality, immortality, infinity, logic, materialism, materialists, mathematics, media, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgery, paganism, Pam Reynolds, philosophy, physics, pornography, precision, simplicity, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, surgeons, The Immortal Mind, Western civilization}

Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Near-Death Experiences and Saving the Culture

_{John Zmirak
September 4, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a huge and complex topic. Tens of millions of people have had NDEs and similar spiritual experiences." Read More ›

The gaseous state of matter is essential in understanding the behavior of elements at various temperatures

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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, DNA, DNA sequence, dogmatism, epigenetic change, epigenetics, evolution, heredity, ideology, Lamarckism, materialism, methodological naturalism, offspring, presuppositions, Richard C. Lewontin}

Why Dogmatic Materialism Is Bad for Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Richard Lewontin addressed a controversy in evolution: Can life forms acquire characteristics during their lifespan that they pass on to their offspring? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Epistemology
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, C.S. Lewis, Denyse O'Leary, free will, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, human beings, insight, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, Kurt Gödel, Michael Egnor, rational soul, sentience, souls, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas}

C. S. Lewis and the Rational Soul

_{Eric Hedin
August 8, 2025

Epistemology, Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Classical and medieval scholars would not be surprised at the mounting scientific evidence for the immaterial soul. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, Mario Beauregard, materialism, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, narrative, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, paradoxical lucidity, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Richard Dawkins, skepticism, soul, split brain, The Immortal Mind}

From Science, New Respect for Non-Materialist Understandings of the Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Yes, there are still people who insist that science can only consider material causes and concepts. Read More ›

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Date
August 2, 2025

Categories
Epistemology
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, brain processes, Brown University, cognitive science, computer science, computers, humans, intellect, John Searle, mind, modus tollens, Pat Flynn, philosophy, Selmer Bringsjord, Thomas Aquinas}

How Understanding Points Beyond Physicalism

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August 2, 2025

Epistemology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter. Read More ›

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Date
July 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Aristotle, augustine, body, Christians, Denyse O'Leary, human mind, human soul, immortality, Kurt Gödel, logical positivism, mathematicians, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, North Africa, philosophy, physicians, Plato, Roman Empire, Rome, The Immortal Mind}

An Ancient Argument for the Soul

_{Science & Culture
July 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine tells a friend about a dream a skeptical local doctor had, where a sharp youth asked him some pointed questions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, bioethics, biology, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, chemistry, Colorado, computer science, cosmology, Daniel Reeves, Emily Reeves, engineering, evo-devo, evolution, faith and science, geologists, geology, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Ivy League, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, literature, Logan Gage, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, multiverse, origin of life, Paul Nelson, physics, Richard Gunasekera, Robert J. Marks, Rocky Mountains, scientocracy, sexuality, society, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduates, Winston Ewert}

Just Got Back from the Summer Seminars

_{Casey Luskin
July 2, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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As always, this selective program was entirely cost free to participants, thanks to our generous supporters. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, animal, behavior, brain, death, disintegration, dying, ethics, evil, good, Human, human body, human soul, immortality, justice, mind, near-death experiences, Peter Kreeft, physical world, rational soul, terminal lucidity}

Immortality of the Soul Is a Reasonable Belief

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The annihilationists are being careless. They assume that the physical flame just disappears. Actually, it doesn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academia, animals, biological complexity, biology, chemistry, Evolution News, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, materialism, methodology, Michael Levin, nest-building, nurturing, Peter Corning, physics, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, Platonism, Richard Sternberg, synergy, teleonomy, Tufts University, University of Zurich, vital force, vitalism}

Peter Corning and the Taint of Vitalism

_{Daniel Witt
June 6, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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As the insightful work of Corning and others has shown, the vitalist/mechanist debate in biology is nowhere near over. If anything, it’s just getting started. Read More ›