Category: Neuroscience & Mind | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Michael Egnor

Date
June 10, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, body, brain, consciousness, death, delusions, dementia, Denyse O'Leary, Discover Magazine, dreams, family members, hallucinations, hospice workers, illusions, Jordan Kinard, Langone Medical Center, last words, materialists, mind, neuroscience, New York University, rationalism, researchers, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, terminal lucidity}

Excerpt: As Death Approaches, a Sudden Light

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June 10, 2025

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Needless to say, such lucid episodes imply that the mind is more than the disjointed activities of a failing brain. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
June 9, 2025

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, abstract thought, Aristotle, brain processes, brain state, circle, concepts, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, immateriality, intellect, line, logic, materialism, matter, neuroscience, perfection, soul, The Immortal Mind, triangle, truth, Uncertainty Principle, universals, Werner Heisenberg}

How Can We Conceive of Perfection When We Never Experience It?

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June 9, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind

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There are two ways we can think of a triangle. One way is to form a mental image, likely based on a triangle we have seen on a piece of paper. Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Anselm of Canterbury, autism, Christianity, creator, Denyse O'Leary, faith and reason, Five Ways, Jesus Christ, Kurt Gödel, lawfulness, Matt Dillahunty, Michael Egnor, Moral Law, prayer, Robert J. Marks II, science and religion, Stephen Hawking, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Sowell, universe}

Egnor: The Architecture of Reality

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June 6, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In a new podcast discussion with Robert J. Marks, Michael Egnor talks about the relationship between faith and arguments from philosophical reasoning. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 5, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, astrocytoma, brain, cafeteria, Christianity, eternity, Hope Is the First Dose, hospital, immortality, Lee Warren, left frontal lobe, life, Michael Egnor, mind, Mystery of the Mind, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, podcast, skeptics, soul, textbooks, The Immortal Mind, tumor, universities, Wilder Penfield}

Two Neuroscientists on Life, Death, Eternity, and What Really Matters

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June 5, 2025

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Lee Warren interviews Michael Egnor on his book. It's a lively and accessible chat about how the human mind is not simply the brain and can even survive death. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 4, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, artificial intelligence, brain, computational processing, conjoined twins, Denyse O'Leary, disintegration, dualism, free will, gullibility, ID the Future, intentionality, materialism, meaning, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, podcast, Research, soul, split-brain surgery, syntax, The Immortal Mind}

A Neurosurgeon Pulls Back the Curtain on the Soul

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 4, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dr. Michael Egnor tackles provocative ideas, making a case that the human soul exists and that the mind is immortal. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 4, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Attention Schema Theory, brain, brain hemispheres, cerebral cortex, Christof Koch, consciousness, doctors, family, Global Workspace Theory, Higher Order Theory, Integrated information theory, laughter, materialism, meat machines, mind, neuroscientists, nurses, Predictive Processing Theory, René Descartes, soul, subjective experience, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

The Boy Who Proved Most Theories of Consciousness Wrong

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June 4, 2025

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He was unequivocally conscious — without a cerebral cortex and even without brain hemispheres. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bone, brain, consciousness, corpus callosotomy, Denyse O'Leary, EEG machine, epilepsy, legs, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, pain medications, recovery room, seizures, skull, split-brain surgery, surgery, vital signs}

New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

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June 3, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 30, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, artificial intelligence, brain chemistry, creativity, engineering, Eric Holloway, ideas, information, meaning, Mind Matters, Minding the Brain, natural intelligence, natural processes, novels, Pat Flynn, random processes, Robert J. Marks II, speeches}

The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

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May 30, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Read More ›

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Date
May 30, 2025

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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, Giulio Tononi, humanity, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, Mind Matters, panpsychism, TED talks, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Egnor: The Central Mystery of Our Humanity Is Human Consciousness

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May 30, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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The fate of the discipline of consciousness studies may depend on how committed researchers are to finding the facts. Read More ›

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Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain surgeries, Bruce Greyson, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, David Klinghoffer, death, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Gary Habermas, matter, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Sean McDowell, soul, spirit, The Immortal Mind}

Egnor: The Soul Has No Off Switch

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May 22, 2025

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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"You’re not going to hear from a mathematics department at the local university that the number 8 passed away yesterday." Read More ›