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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, action potentials, Anton Zeilinger, atheism, brain states, cellular metabolism, chance, determinism, evidence, free will, government, Jerry Coyne, justice, logic, love, marriage, molecules, morality, neuroscience, relationships, truth}

Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

_{Michael Egnor
November 14, 2023

Bioethics, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, Chile, determinism, Discovery Institute Press, free will, Michael Egnor, Michigan State University, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, readiness potential, totalitarianism, Zeitgeist}

A Scholarly Riposte to Pop Free Will Denialism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 24, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Denial of free will is a quick route to totalitarianism. If you can’t be guilty because you can’t choose, you can’t be innocent either. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 20, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, baby, birth, children, Christof Koch, consciousness, dreaming, fetuses, hard problem of consciousness, Integrated information theory, neuroscience, newborn, pregnancy, Robert Wright, Thomas Nagel, Trinity College Dublin}

Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 20, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Researchers generally stress that the unborn child’s brain is in a rapid, ongoing, and little understood state of development. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 20, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, Darwinian mechanisms, Darwinian processes, Denyse O'Leary, evolution, free will, information, Justine Sergent, logic, McGill University, mind, neuroscience, patients, PZ Myers, Roger Sperry, split brain, Yair Pinto}

My Question for P. Z. Myers: How Did Human Consciousness “Evolve”?

_{Michael Egnor
October 20, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Human consciousness entails a unique ability to think abstractly — to reason, to think logically, to use language, to do mathematics, to exercise free will. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 20, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Amazon, Angus Menuge, brain, computer science, consciousness, Discovery Institute Press, endorsements, information theory, materialism, materialists, mind, mind-brain problem, Minding the Brain, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II}

Latest from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain Is an Amazon #1 New Release

_{David Klinghoffer
September 20, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Congratulations to the editors, Angus Menuge, Brian Krouse, and Robert J. Marks! Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Linguistics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, creativity, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, personality, vertebrates, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Right Brain Vs. Left Brain? It’s Murky

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 24, 2023

Linguistics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Vertebrates generally have brains divided into two lobes, an arrangement that may go back half a billion years. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain hemispheres, consciousness, eliminative materialism, Justin Brierley, neuroscience, panpsychism, psychiatry, qualia, Scientific American, Unbelievable}

Understanding the Mind: A Neuroscientist and a Psychiatrist Walk into a…

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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What’s most interesting about this discussion is how well the life of the intellect, engaged by science, gets on without guidance from eliminative materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 31, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Canada, consciousness, dementia, euthanasia, memory, neurobiology, neuroscience, paradoxical lucidity, Stony Brook University}

Clues About Consciousness from Dementia Research

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The phenomenon is called "paradoxical lucidity" because it is unexpected and we know very little about its causes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Anil Seth, body, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, hallucinations, human brain, Monash University, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neuroscience, University of Sussex}

Neuroscientist Vows: We’ll Nail Consciousness Yet!

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Anil Seth, proponent of the “hallucination” theory of consciousness, vows that researchers will find that consciousness spot or circuit in the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 21, 2023

Categories
Linguistics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, autopsy, brain imaging, cerebral cortex, Live Science, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, nose, smell, women, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

How Can a Woman Missing Her Olfactory Bulbs Still Smell?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 21, 2023

Linguistics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The brain’s plasticity intrigues and puzzles researcher, and it also raises a larger issue. Read More ›