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June 26, 2025

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Neuroscience & Mind
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Egnor and Koch Debate the Soul…and Talk Dogs

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June 26, 2025

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Here are two highlights that give some sense of the scope and tenor of the debate. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid

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June 17, 2025

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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, brain, clinical death, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, EEG, ID the Future, journalists, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, prefrontal cortex, promissory materialism, The Immortal Mind}

Why Materialism Can’t Explain the Mind

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 17, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Is the soul a myth? Does your mind really just boil down to brain function? I spoke with Denyse O’Leary about surprising findings out of neuroscience. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

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June 17, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, animal, annihilationists, behavior, Boston College, brain, death, disintegration, dying, ethics, evil, flame, good, Human, human body, human soul, immortality, justice, mind, near-death experiences, number 7, Peter Kreeft, physical world, plant, 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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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 14, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, atheism, brain, brain damage, brain operations, chapel, family crisis, human beings, human soul, ID the Future, intelligent design, medicine, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, patients, podcast, soul, The Immortal Mind, Worthy Books}

Dr. Michael Egnor on His Own Spiritual Journey

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 14, 2025

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His personal story, including a profound experience in a hospital chapel during a family crisis, became a turning point that challenged his atheism. Read More ›

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Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, brain, brain surge, Bruce Greyson, Charlotte Martial, Christian Jarrett, Jay Ingram, Jimo Borjigin, Mario Beauregard, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Paul Bloom, spaghetti, Susan Blackmore, The Spiritual Brain, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, University of Michigan, veridical, Yale University}

Near-Death Experiences Are Being Taken More Seriously Now

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2025

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We are seeing a growth in genuine curiosity, which is a welcome change, and likely to be a fruitful one. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
June 10, 2025

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Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, atoms, brain, brain function, Denyse O'Leary, human mind, intellect, materialism, materialists, memory, mind, mind states, numbers, octillion, perception, the immaterial mind, universe, vision, wavelengths}

Logic Shows Abstract Thought Is an Immaterial Power

_{Michael Egnor
June 10, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are also logical reasons for thinking that the intellect is immaterial, which means spiritual. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 10, 2025

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, assisted suicide, competition, Dame Cecily Saunders, death, Department of Health and Human Services, Dying Well, families, government, health system, hospice, Humanize, living, palliative care, Palliative Medicine Reports, patients, quality, total pain}

As Assisted Suicide Looms, How to Save Hospice

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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Often now people approach me after a speech or call in on talk radio to tell me that they do not trust hospice to properly care for their loved ones. Read More ›

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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

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
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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Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 5, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, 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

_{Denyse O’Leary
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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Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 4, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, 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

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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 ›