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neuroscience

seizure
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 29, 2020
Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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If Materialists Are Right About the Brain, Why No “Morality Seizures”?

David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2020
Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
3
"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 ›
free will
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post
Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 21, 2020
Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020
Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience? Read More ›
neuroscience 2
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post
Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 4, 2020
Categories
Geology
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
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Neuroscientist: Neuroscience “Is a Failure”

David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2020
Geology, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life
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“How many other scientific disciplines have utterly failed to explain the salient phenomenon of the system they study?” I can think of one. Read More ›
David Mamet
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
May 26, 2020
Categories
Intelligent Design
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Lewontin’s Confession and Mamet’s Principle

Michael Egnor
May 26, 2020
Intelligent Design
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The pretense not to know things is at the root of Darwinist/atheist/materialist ideology. Read More ›
TRAPPIST-1
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
March 9, 2020
Categories
Astronomy
Biology
Physical Sciences
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The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?

Michael Egnor
March 9, 2020
Astronomy, Biology, Physical Sciences
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The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith. Read More ›
Henry-Markham-1
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 25, 2019
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Back-to-Back, Failed Visions of the “Brain as a Supercomputer” 

David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2019
Neuroscience & Mind
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Douglas Hofstadter argued in much the same vein as Henry Markham, that the brain can be understand in rules-bound machine terms. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 22, 2019
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Explaining Abstract Thought in Materialist Terms: The Horns of a Dilemma 

David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2019
Neuroscience & Mind
6
What an interesting choice of art. What’s up with that? Goya painted other works on the same theme. Read More ›
Jay Richards
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 16, 2019
Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Jay Richards Responds to Michael Egnor on Cloning

David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2019
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Cloning a human being is a terrifying prospect, from a moral perspective, and seems inevitable. Read More ›
clones
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 8, 2019
Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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Egnor: How to Test Materialist Theories of Mind

David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind
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A premise here is that abstract thought is a unique human endowment, so our colleague Wesley Smith will also find this of interest as a scientific test of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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