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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, analgesic, Aristotle, arthritis, body, causation, chirality, documentary, efficient cause, final cause, formal cause, Francis Bacon, free will, individuation, Johns Hopkins University, libertarian free will, material cause, matter, mind, neuroscience, quantum mechanics, sculptor, sculpture, Sean Carroll, statue, trailer}

Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

_{Michael Egnor
March 6, 2023

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 28, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, body, brain, breathing, DNA, free will, intellect, intelligence, IQ, memory, mind, nervous system, philosophers, rational powers, soul, Thomas Aquinas, twin studies, vegetative powers, vision}

If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

_{Michael Egnor
April 28, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 11, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, body, brain, Frankenstein, humans, medicine, monkeys, muscles, nerves, neurosurgeon, paralysis, quadriplegia, Robert White, soul, spinal cord, trachea, Wired}

Are Head Transplants Soul Transplants?

_{Michael Egnor
March 11, 2021

Bioethics, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The question of the disposition of the soul depends on what we mean by “soul.” Is the soul a thing somewhere in the brain, so to speak, or in the body? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, body, common sense, Dennis Prager, doctor, evolution, free will, intelligent design, Jay Richards, materialism, mind, MRI, rationality, science, Stephen Meyer}

To Refute Materialism, Consider a Chocolate Sundae

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Either a mind through free will alone may cause scientifically measurable change in the physical world, or we are forced back to embrace blather. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, body, female, Heritage Foundation, ID the Future, life, Love Thy Body, male, materialists, Nancy Pearcey, nature, podcast, sexuality}

Nancy Pearcey Urges Inconsistent Materialists: Love Thy Body

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

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One inconsistency is their unlivable claim that “we have no free will.” Read More ›

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Date
August 17, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
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, __k-review, body, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, Nancy Pearcey, podcast, purpose, sexuality, Tod Butterfield}

Nancy Pearcey: Love Your Designed Body, Made for a Purpose

_{Science and Culture
August 17, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics

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Who — or what — determines what we are? Why does it matter? And how should we act in light of the answers to those questions? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2018

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, body, compounds, computers, elements, Father Michael Chaberek, humans, intelligent design, man, oceans, soul, substance, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, thoughts}

New Website Aquinas.Design Provides Insight into Nature and the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
August 13, 2018

Botany, Faith & Science, Metaphysics

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Father Michael Chaberek helped me (a passionate but amateur Thomist!) understand an issue that perplexed me for years. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 2, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, body, drinking, engineer, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kidneys, Michael Denton, physician, podcast, Privileged Species, Ray Bohlin, water}

Water — We’ll Drink to That

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 2, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Dr. Howard Glicksman goes beyond a discussion of irreducible complexity to something he calls “natural survival capacity.” Read More ›