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

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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The Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism

Dr. Egnor challenges the Darwinian view, arguing that abstract thought and free will are immaterial and could not have arisen via natural selection. Read More ›
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Settled Science Is Becoming Radically Unsettled: Get Ready for Revolutions

It might be early to say whether Richard Sternberg's calculations are correct — but the point is, this kind of calculation is only just becoming possible. Read More ›
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Eavesdropping in the Platonic Academy 

I can relate to the paleontologist Günter Bechly, who, after hearing Sternberg lay out his thesis, lay awake unable to sleep as he considered the implications. Read More ›
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What Epilepsy Can Teach About the Mind

I have treated thousands of patients with epilepsy. Seizures can result in a variety of behaviors and emotions. But let me tell you what they don't do. Read More ›
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The Logical Basis of the Immaterial Mind

The indeterminacy of matter precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought. Simple logic points to this truth. Read More ›
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The Emergence of Freedom: A New Book by James Barham

Barham’s approach to teleology in nature is, if anything, Aristotelian. Indeed, Aristotle is the most cited person in the index of his book. Read More ›
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Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places

If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t. Read More ›
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Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›
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The Metaphysics of Irreducible Complexity

The vastness of life’s complexity is no longer unfathomable when seen through the light of purpose. Read More ›

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