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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 20, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, abortion, baby, birth, children, Christof Koch, consciousness, dreaming, fetuses, hard problem of consciousness, Integrated information theory, neuroscience, newborn, pregnancy, Robert Wright, Thomas Nagel, Trinity College Dublin}

Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 20, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Researchers generally stress that the unborn child’s brain is in a rapid, ongoing, and little understood state of development. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Anil Seth, body, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, hallucinations, human brain, Monash University, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neuroscience, University of Sussex}

Neuroscientist Vows: We’ll Nail Consciousness Yet!

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Anil Seth, proponent of the “hallucination” theory of consciousness, vows that researchers will find that consciousness spot or circuit in the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, aboutness, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Papineau, dualism, hard problem of consciousness, Integrated information theory, intentionality, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, physical world, transducer}

It’s Becoming Clearer that the Mind Is Not the Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “science of consciousness” not only has no workable materialist theory but it’s unclear what such a theory should look like or explain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 1, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, David Papineau, dualism, human nature, information theory, Integrated information theory, Kenneth Miller, King’s College, laboratories, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, New York University, panpsychism, philosophers, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Tel Aviv University, The Human Instinct}

The Philosopher Wins: There’s No Consciousness Spot in the Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 1, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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After a 25-year search, dualist philosopher David Chalmers won the bet with neuroscientist Christof Koch. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 3, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, Eugene Wigner, humans, Integrated information theory, John von Neumann, panpsychism, quantum effects, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Sabine Hossenfelder, Taking on Consciousness, Tackles Panpsychism

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December 3, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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She wants to apologize to all carrots who are watching her video — but carrots are not watching and that’s the point. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain size, Christof Koch, Ernst Mayr, Eurasia, evolution, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, paleoanthropologists, Pleistocene, skulls, Southeast Asia}

The Big Bang Origin of Homo

_{Casey Luskin
October 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This unbridged gap between the ape-like australopithecines and the abruptly appearing human-like members of our genus challenges evolutionary accounts. Read More ›