Montsechia_vidalii_20170317 Type post Author Emily Reeves Date January 4, 2024 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionIntelligent DesignPhysics Tagged , abstract concepts, Andreas Wagner, biological forms, biological information, brain states, electrostatics, evolution, gravity, intelligent design, matter, Michael Denton, minds, mutations, Platonic forms, protein machines, proteins, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, selection, strong nuclear force, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series) Could Laws of Nature Give Rise to Platonic Forms? Emily Reeves January 4, 2024 Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics 5 Biologist Michael Denton's structuralist view says that underlying structural principles govern the form of living things. Read More ›
dog Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 26, 2022 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPsychologyScience Tagged , abstract concepts, abstract thought, abstractions, animal intelligence, chimpanzees, Dogs, dolphins, neuroscience, rabbits, social justice Claim: Dogs Can Form “Abstract Concepts” Denyse O’Leary July 26, 2022 Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Science 3 It’s a good idea to be skeptical when any such claim is followed up with the assertion that humans “aren’t that cognitively unique after all.” Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thinking, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human nature, meaning, purposefulness, qualia, signals, speech, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Why Does Man Have Language? Michael Egnor September 1, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else. 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 19, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal intelligence, grammar, human intelligence, language, learning, signals Here’s How We Could Know if Animals Use Language Michael Egnor July 19, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 4 Perhaps, some critics will argue, animals have language that we haven't detected. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 18, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal Are Birdsongs Language? Michael Egnor July 18, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 7 Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 12, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal languages, designators, ethology, human language, language, mimicry, semantic information, signal Do Animals Have Language? Michael Egnor July 12, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 Some animals, after sufficient training by human researchers, use signals that mimic language. But mimicry is not language itself. 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 ›
