blindness Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 6, 2021 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , blindness, brain, cerebral cortex, eyes, form, mind, neurobiology, perception, philosophy of mind, retina, sensations, soul The Mystery of Blindsight Helps Us Understand the Mind Better Michael Egnor April 6, 2021 Neuroscience & Mind 4 Blindsight is the remarkable ability of some blind people to sense objects that they cannot actually see. Read More ›
Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_-_Witches_Sabbath_The_Great_He-Goat Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 22, 2019 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __edited, abstract thought, Benjamin Libet, cerebral cortex, Darwinian evolution, Devil, dualism, magic, materialism, Michael Egnor, Neural Networks, neurons, neuroscience, psychiatry, Roger Sperry, Science Uprising, seizures, Spain, Spanish Inquisition, superstition, University of Toronto, Wikipedia, Wilder Penfield Explaining Abstract Thought in Materialist Terms: The Horns of a Dilemma David Klinghoffer July 22, 2019 Neuroscience & Mind 6 What an interesting choice of art. What’s up with that? Goya painted other works on the same theme. Read More ›
naturalism Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date October 17, 2017 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhysical Sciences Tagged , __edited, Adam Frank, cerebral cortex, clinical death, consciousness, epilepsy, Ethan Siegel, J. Scott Turner, Michael Flannery, multiverse, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It, William James Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is Denyse O’Leary October 17, 2017 Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences 11 Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism. Read More ›
phrenology-ii-stockpack-adobe-stock-135377455-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Michael Egnor Date December 10, 2015 CategoriesEthicsNeuroscience & MindReproductive Science Tagged , __nedited, cerebral cortex, fMRI, gender, junk science, moral agency, phrenology, public policy, Research, scientific racism, sexual dimorphism, transgenderism At the Intersection of Phrenology and Public Policy Michael Egnor December 10, 2015 Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Reproductive Science 6 A recent PNAS study is the latest iteration of dial-a-science: just call and order science to fit your favored narrative. Read More ›
