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Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

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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Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?

The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship. Read More ›
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Leading Neuroscientist Wavers on Physical View of Consciousness

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

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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Can Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

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

No matter what terminology is chosen, the materialist project always and necessarily amounts to eliminating the mind. Read More ›
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On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

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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Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

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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A Scholarly Riposte to Pop Free Will Denialism

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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Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth

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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