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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Discovery Institute Press, dualism, experience, Higgs Boson, mental states, mind, Minding the Brain, Nobel Prize, observation, Richard Swinburne, thoughts}

Physicalism Versus the Practice of Science

_{Angus Menuge
October 2, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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The idea that science has somehow shown the irrelevance of the mind to explaining behavior is seriously confused. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 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
Peter Biles

Date
May 19, 2023

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Biola University, body, Center for Science and Culture, consciousness, Discovery Institute, dualism, hylomorphism, J.P. Moreland, materialism, Mereology, panpsychism, philosophy of mind, soul, Thomism, University of Texas}

Coming Soon: The Ultimate Defense of Substance Dualism

_{Peter Biles
May 19, 2023

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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J. P. Moreland has written prolifically on the soul and the mind/body issue in the past. In this great volume, his views are cogently articulated and defended. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, Christianity, dualism, epilepsy, inference to the best explanation, logic, materialism, mind, Mystery of the Mind, natural science, neuroscience, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, surgery, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Wilder Penfield, William Shakespeare}

Dualism and Materialism in Modern Neuroscience

_{Michael Egnor
November 16, 2021

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Boltzmann brain, cosmic fine-tuning, dualism, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Searle, Michael Polanyi, Michael Shermer, multiverse, origins science, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, worldview}

Meyer: Every Worldview Must Have Its Prime Reality

_{Science and Culture
September 30, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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What about the multiverse to explain the fine tuning of the laws and constants of physics? It is a solution of sorts, but it comes at a tremendous cost. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, black holes, causes, David Papineau, dualism, electrons, G.K. Chesterton, general relativity, materialism, materialists, neuroscience, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, space-time, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Is the Universe Causally Closed?

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Materialists argue that dualism of mind and brain is not possible because of causal closure — by which they mean that all physical effects have physical causes. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 11, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain activity, brain hemispheres, consciousness, dualism, human brain, materialism, mice, mind-brain debate, Neurologica, neuroscience, Steven Novella, Yale University}

Has Neuroscience “Proved” that the Mind Is Just the Brain?

_{Michael Egnor
December 11, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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Yale's Steven Novella has been trying to sell his materialist ideology in the guise of neuroscience for more than a decade. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, brain, brain chemistry, chewing, consciousness, dualism, epilepsy, father, materialism, medical literature, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, morality, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Sabbath, smell, soul, walking, Wilder Penfield}

If Materialists Are Right About the Brain, Why No “Morality Seizures”?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2020

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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"There are no intellectual seizures, which is odd, given that large regions of the brain are presumed by neuroscientists to serve intellectual thought." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 3, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, death, dualism, evolution, free will, gravity, incompleteness theorem, injury, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, logic, materialism, Michael Egnor, Sean Carroll, Stephen Hawking, suicide, The Grand Design}

Physicist: Gravity Refutes Free Will

_{David Klinghoffer
June 3, 2020

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Atheists share an attraction to using gravity in strange ways to support their doctrines. Read More ›