low-angle-shot-in-the-operating-room-assistant-hands-out-ins-217273455-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author John Zmirak Date September 2, 2025 CategoriesMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , abstract thought, Alice Cronin-Golomb, atheism, brain, brain surgery, brain tumor, Christianity, concepts, Denyse O’Leary, hemispheres, left frontal lobe, materialism, medicine, Michael Egnor, mind, MIT, morality, music, near-death experiences, Netherlands, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, Nobel Prize, painting, reason, Roger Sperry, seizures, soul, split-brain surgery, surgery, The Immortal Mind, thoughts, violin, Wilder Penfield, Yair Pinto Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Abstract Thought Comes from the Mind, Not the Brain John Zmirak September 2, 2025 Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 7 We can cut perceptional abilities with a knife, but we can’t cut reason and abstract thought. Read More ›
ArtTriangle14509 Type post Author Michael Egnor Date June 9, 2025 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , abstract thought, Aristotle, brain processes, brain state, circle, concepts, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, immateriality, intellect, line, logic, materialism, matter, neuroscience, perfection, soul, The Immortal Mind, triangle, truth, Uncertainty Principle, universals, Werner Heisenberg How Can We Conceive of Perfection When We Never Experience It? Michael Egnor June 9, 2025 Neuroscience & Mind 3 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 ›
white-faced-capuchin-stockpack-adobe-stock-1323539303-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date January 15, 2016 CategoriesAnatomyNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __nedited, abstract reasoning, analogy, anatomy, Animal Minds (series), anthropomorphism, concepts, Continuing Series, convergence, equality, evolutionary ethics, learning, metabolism, mind, natural selection, philosophy of mind, presuppositions, self-awareness, social learning, social status, Thomas Nagel, Tree of Life Animal Minds: In Search of the Minimal Self Denyse O’Leary January 15, 2016 Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 9 Can evolution explain how minds work? Probably not. Read More ›
