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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, Christof Koch, consciousness, Dogs, Duke University, hard problem of consciousness, Max Tegmark, MIT, neuroscience, New York City, Yale University}

Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2024

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To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain states, death, dreams, hippocampus, knowledge, memories, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neuroscientists, soul, YouTube videos}

Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?

_{Michael Egnor
February 1, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 30, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, aboutness, Allen Institute for Brain Science, awareness, Christof Koch, consciousness, Franz Brentano, ignorance, intentionality, Ludwig Wittgenstein, neuroscience, panpsychism, physicalism, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Socrates, subjective experience, wisdom}

Leading Neuroscientist Wavers on Physical View of Consciousness

_{Michael Egnor
January 30, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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"Consciousness cannot be explained only within the framework of space and time and energy, but we need to postulate something additional — experience.” Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
December 27, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Christof Koch, consciousness, crabs, Francis Crick, hard problem of consciousness, John Horgan, materialism, mind, nervous system, neuroscience, panpsychism, philosophers, physiology, theists}

Can Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 11, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Kristin Andrews thinks consciousness researchers should discard the assumptions of “white, male and WEIRD” philosophy profs and study more crabs. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, dualism, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, illusion, intentionality, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, physicalism}

Neuroscience Must Be Dualist, Whether or Not “Science” Allows It

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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No matter what terminology is chosen, the materialist project always and necessarily amounts to eliminating the mind. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Being as Communion, belief, brain, ChatGPT4, consciousness, decision-making, determinism, free choice, free will, illusion, irony, mind, neuroscience, persuasion, reality, Sam Harris, The Design Inference, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

_{William A. Dembski
November 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Rather than refute Harris by pointing out why his statement scores high on the irony meter, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to do it for me. Read More ›

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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 ›