Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 4, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, history, science, Views The Clever Hans Problem and Research on Animal Cognition Michael Egnor December 4, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind 1 Animals think particularly, not abstractly. Read More ›
the-very-smart-dog-studying-old-books-in-library-stockpack-a-134696057-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date December 4, 2015 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __nedited, agency, altruism, animal behavior, animal intelligence, Animal Minds (series), bees, communication, ethology, evolutionary ethics, free will, grammar, group selection, jellyfish, reasoning, selfish genes What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds? Denyse O’Leary December 4, 2015 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 11 If we can't even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind? Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date December 2, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Research, science, Views Brains Are a Mosaic of “Male” and “Female”? It’s Called Being Human Ann Gauger December 2, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind 1 Our brains are too complex to reduce gender differences to physical differences. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date December 1, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, News, science Transhumanists Are Back with Another Immortality Scheme Wesley J. Smith December 1, 2015 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind 1 Better to buy a Pet Rock than pay to have your head frozen. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 1, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Do Perceptions Happen in Your Brain? Michael Egnor December 1, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 9 My materialistic interpretation of my perception has led me to infinite regress! Aargh! Read More ›
Type post Date November 30, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, Research, science Brain Neurons Are Well Organized, Not Spaghetti Cables Science & Culture November 30, 2015 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 1 Research into the brain shows a hierarchy of design information, with neurons wired together into a vast, coherent library. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 24, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, science Are Abstract Thoughts Just Patterns in Our Brains? Michael Egnor November 24, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 First, imagine that I am sitting at my desk looking at my dog Pipa. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date November 13, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Response to Criticism, science What’s the Mechanism of Intelligent Design? Ann Gauger November 13, 2015 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 1 University of Toronto biochemist Larry Moran has issued a challenge that advocates of intelligent design have heard before. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 13, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __k-review, News, science, World Meet “Bob,” the Speech-Making Robot Michael Egnor November 13, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 1 The pleonastic fallacy boils down to this: multiplying nonsense doesn't get you sense. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 12, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Teaching a Parrot Newton’s Principia Michael Egnor November 12, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Dr. Jeffrey Shallit has some more questions regarding my observation that animals are incapable of abstract thought. Read More ›
