Tag: action potentials

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, action potentials, Anton Zeilinger, atheism, brain states, cellular metabolism, chance, determinism, evidence, free will, government, Jerry Coyne, justice, logic, love, marriage, molecules, morality, neuroscience, relationships, truth}

Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

_{Michael Egnor
November 14, 2023

Bioethics, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 6, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, action potentials, alien hand syndrome, appetite, Bradley Center, brain, Eric Metaxas, free will, health, intellect, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, patients, physical processes, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, volition, will}

Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 6, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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A reader asked whether this disproves the unity and freedom of the will. It appears that the patient wills two things simultaneously: getting dressed and getting undressed. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, action potentials, artifacts, cochlea, Darwinists, ear, intelligent design, machine, natural philosophy, nervous system, piano, Rockefeller University, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Thomists, transducer}

Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano

_{Michael Egnor
June 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

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James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 5, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, action potentials, brain, cat, intellect, justice, mind, neurons, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, universals, will}

The Representation Problem and the Immateriality of the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 5, 2018

Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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If I think about a particular thing — my cat Tabby, for example — my actual cat Tabby isn’t in my brain. Read More ›