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Farewell to John Searle, Philosopher of Mind and Language

His Chinese Room thought experiment, an argument for why computers can seem clever without having minds, was widely understood among the lay public. Read More ›
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Consciousness and Intelligent Design: Dr. Simmons on Coast to Coast Tonight

He tells us, “My patients have contacted me from all over the world having heard me on this show on previous occasions.” Read More ›
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Are We Looking for Consciousness in the “Wrong Part” of the Brain?

Al of this reasoning assumes that human consciousness — the human mind — is local. Located in one single place. It probably isn’t. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: To Whom Are You Talking When You Talk to Yourself?

A comment by a national radio show host recently caught my attention. “So, I said to myself, SELF! What would you do under these circumstances?” Read More ›
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In Science, the Cost of Defending Materialism Is Rising

Neuroscientist Àlex Gómez-Marín raises — in the very venue that hosts, say, Roger Penrose and Sabine Hossenfelder — the validity of telepathy research. Read More ›
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Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›
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AI Consciousness Hype “Conflates Simulation with Instantiation”

Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviewed a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist, Àlex Gómez-Marín, on whether AI can become conscious. Read More ›
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Reassessing Daniel Dennett on Consciousness as an Illusion

It is a waste of time to pretend that consciousness is simply an “amazing collection of almost mundane tricks in the brain.” Read More ›
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Missing Brains and the “Music Model” of Consciousness

Gazzaniga and Queenan’s new model accounts for missing brain parts but it leaves out the very thing that creates the music. Read More ›
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Taking the Side of Science — But Which Side?

In writing that science’s materialism is absolute, Richard Lewontin wrote as one who did not grasp the fatal flaw in his absolutism. Read More ›

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