Tag: idealism

Capture the essence of collective consciousness through digital connectivity by visualizing it in a dynamic and visually striking manner from a worms-eye view Create a design that symbolizes

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
March 4, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, artificial intelligence, awareness, brain, brain localization, brain processes, Brian Krouse, cognitive science, computer engineering, computer science, consciousness, Denyse O’Leary, emergentism, George Gilder, idealism, integrated information, Integrated information theory, mental properties, Michael Egnor, microtubules, mind, mind–brain dualism, Minding the Brain, naturalism, neuroscience, neurosurgery, panpsychism, particles, philosophy, psychology, quantum consciousness, quantum mechanics, Roger Penrose, simulation theory, Stuart Hameroff, The Immortal Mind, The Matrix, The Truman Show, universe}

Conscious AI, You Say? Here Are Six Models of Consciousness

_{Robert J. Marks II
March 4, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Integrated Information Theory (IIT) is a mathematically founded emergence model. Michael Egnor and I recently published a paper critiquing IIT. Read More ›

out of body experience oobe near death experience representation

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 10, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bernardo Kastrup, consciousness, eliminative materialism, idealism, Joshua Farris, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, physicalism, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, supernatural}

One Reason Near-Death Experiences Are Hard to Study

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 10, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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When the mind is dissociated from the body briefly, it may acquire actual knowledge — as in NDEs where the knowledge acquired is later confirmed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Annaka Harris, brains, Carlo Rovelli, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminative materialism, Four Horsemen, idealism, illusion, Lee Smolin, materialists, New Atheists, octopus, panpsychism, quantum mechanics, Sam Harris, self, universe}

A Conscious Universe?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail. Read More ›

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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
September 29, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, consciousness, form, human beings, hylomorphism, idealism, intentionality, matter, Minding the Brain, physicalism, rationality, Robert J. Marks II, soul}

A Paradigm Crisis for Physicalism

_{Angus Menuge
September 29, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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This crisis has converged with two other currents of change with the surprising result that alternatives to physicalism are now taken seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Anaxagoras, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, atheism, atomists, body plans, Christianity, cognition, demiurge, Democritus, evolutionary theory, idealism, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, Plato, purposefulness, Scott Turner, Socrates}

Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology

_{Brian Miller
April 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, agnosticism, Aristotle, Bernardo Kastrup, consciousness, emergence, evolution, ID the Future, idealism, instinct, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutations, teleology}

An Intelligent Design Behind Consciousness — Or an Instinctive One?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Something immaterial can’t have an effect on the material realm, presumably, so how would it be selected as advantageous by Darwinian natural selection? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Harvard University, Henri Bergson, idealism, John Elof Boodin, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, paleontology, pantheism, positivism, pragmatism, realism, Stephen Hawking, William James}

Who Was John Elof Boodin and Why Does He Matter?

_{Michael Flannery
July 27, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Boodin’s view that science and metaphysics could mutually inform one another was full of promise. Read More ›