Tag: Dan Falk

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, amphibians, animal rights, bees, cognition, consciousness, crabs, crustaceans, cuttlefish, Dan Falk, eliminative materialism, fish, insects, lobsters, memory, nature rights, Nautilus, New York University, octopuses, Phys.org, Quanta, reptiles, sentience, squid, Thomas Nagel}

What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, Christof Koch, Commentary, Dan Falk, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwinians, David Berlinski, David Chalmers, human mind, John Horgan, materialists, Nautilus, Richard Dawkins, The Deniable Darwin, Uncommon Dissent, William A. Dembski}

Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 5, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, brain, Dan Falk, Determined (book), determinism, evolution, Free Agents, humans, Jerry Coyne, Kevin Mitchell, livestock, materialists, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroscientists, paramecium, Robert Sapolsky, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sam Harris, Stanford University, totalitarianism}

Could Evolution Give Us Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Allison Hopper, alt-right, Arizona, atheism, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Dan Falk, Darwinism, earth, evolution, fiction, Human Zoos, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Croft, John West, Kirk Durston, meaning, multiverse, purpose, Racism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Scientific American, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg, Thomas Nagel, universe}

From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment. Read More ›