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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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A Reviewer Assesses Dr. Egnor on the Mind: Science Is “Catching Up” to Philosophy

In two different areas of research — the nature of the mind, and the nature of genome — science points us to the existence of an immaterial reality. Read More ›
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Conundrum: Split Brain But Unified Perception

Current research suggests that a non-materialist approach to the neuroscience of the human mind is quite viable. Read More ›
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From Science, New Respect for Non-Materialist Understandings of the Mind

Yes, there are still people who insist that science can only consider material causes and concepts. Read More ›
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How Understanding Points Beyond Physicalism

A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter. Read More ›
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Where in the Brain Does the Mind Reside?

A rabbi asks neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how consciousness can exist without a place in the brain. Read More ›
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Homelessness, Intelligent Design, and the Unseen Realm

Compared with previous approaches, the new Executive Order reflects a fundamentally different picture of reality. What should we call it? Read More ›
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An Ancient Argument for the Soul

Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine tells a friend about a dream a skeptical local doctor had, where a sharp youth asked him some pointed questions. Read More ›
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Dementia Hints That the Brain Is Not All There Is to the Mind

People with dementia have severe memory issues, along with motor, perception, and emotional disabilities, and that curtails their powers of reason. Read More ›
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Life — A Normal Life, Mind You — Without a Brain

It’s hard to discuss these issues honestly because anomalies like the story of this French man tend to get buried or explained away. Read More ›

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