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Benjamin Libet

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Explaining Abstract Thought in Materialist Terms: The Horns of a Dilemma 

What an interesting choice of art. What’s up with that? Goya painted other works on the same theme. Read More ›
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Accompanying photo: Jeffrey Schwartz in a scene from Science Uprising, “The Inescapable I.”

How Research on OCD Challenges Materialism

How does one “convince” a robot of anything, when changing your mind about an issue implies free will, which materialists are impelled to deny? Read More ›
Michael Egnor
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Photo: Professor Michael Egnor, Stony Brook University, in a scene from “Mind: The Inescapable I,” second episode of Science Uprising.

Science Uprising, Episode 2: Mind Denial

“We are robots made out of meat, which is what I’m going to try to convince you of today.” So says evolutionist Jerry Coyne. Read More ›
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Photo credit: U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jason Couillard.

Neuroscientist Michael Egnor, the Philosophical Physician, on Science and the Soul

Try to read his essay through to the end without getting chills. Read More ›
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Photo: Krista and Tatiana Hogan, via YouTube.

Listen: What Craniopagus Twins Say about Mind and Brain

Neurosurgery professor Michael Egnor explores the amazing case of Tatiana and Krista Hogan. Read More ›
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Image: Screengrab from “Twin Life: Sharing Mind and Body,” via CBC TV/YouTube.

What the Craniopagus Twins Teach Us About the Mind and the Brain

Tatiana and Krista Hogan's shared and individual powers of mind are just what Thomistic dualism predicts. Read More ›

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