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 ›
inexperienced-painter-painted-having-problems-the-concept-of-221681715-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 14, 2016 CategoriesMetaphysicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __nedited, aboutness, Cartesian dualism, consciousness, David Chalmers, dualism, hard problem of consciousness, hylomorphism, intentionality, materialism, mind, neuroscience, Reductionism, René Descartes, self-awareness, sensations, Thomism What Is Consciousness? Michael Egnor July 14, 2016 Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 René Descartes in the 17th century created the Hard Problem of consciousness, out of whole cloth. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 11, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computation, computational processing, consciousness, intentionality, machine cognition, machine metaphor, meaninglessness, methodological materialism, mind-brain problem, self-awareness Your Deluded Brain Thinks It’s Conscious! Michael Egnor July 11, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 6 Nonsense in neuroscience is a deep well. This is just in from Princeton's Michael Graziano. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 9, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophyScience Tagged , __edited, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract reasoning, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal languages, causality, human exceptionalism, human mind, human nature, language, logic, Nature Genetics, universals Is Your Cat Logical? Michael Egnor July 9, 2016 Philosophy, Science 6 Goodness gracious, this stuff never stops. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 30, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Politics, science Science, Knowledge, and the “Epistemic Horizon” David Klinghoffer June 30, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy 1 In reply to Neil deGrasse Tyson, Kevin Williamson offers the profound image of a limit to knowledge like the "event horizon" of a black hole. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date June 23, 2016 CategoriesFaith & SciencePhilosophyScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, accountability, atheism, begging the question, causality, circular causality, cosmic beginning, deism, empiricism, God Hypothesis, intelligent agency, motivated reasoning, natural evil, rationality, scientific debate, teleology, theism The Rowe-Grayling Debate Michael Egnor June 23, 2016 Faith & Science, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning 7 Grayling's problem is not merely his frank incompetence in open debate (you can understand his penchant for censorship). Read More ›
Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date June 14, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Research, science New Theory Explains How Consciousness Evolved — It Arose as a Solution Cornelius Hunter June 14, 2016 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 This is teleological thinking. Somewhere Aristotle is smiling. Read More ›
