Tag: neurosurgery

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, assumptions, awake brain surgery, bank account, brain, chimpanzee genome, Chronicles Magazine, consciousness, human mind, John Zmirak, material reality, materialism, materialists, meaning, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgery, Reductionism, Roman Catholics, science, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, americans, aneurysm, assisted suicide, atheism, brain, castration, child sacrifice, Christianity, culture, Denyse O’Leary, euthanasia, Heaven, immateriality, immortality, infinity, logic, materialism, materialists, mathematics, media, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgery, paganism, Pam Reynolds, Pam Reynolds Challenge, philosophy, physics, pornography, precision, sexual grooming, sexual mutilation, simplicity, St. Augustine, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas, surgeons, The Immortal Mind, tunnel, Western civilization}

Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Near-Death Experiences and Saving the Culture

_{John Zmirak
September 4, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a huge and complex topic. Tens of millions of people have had NDEs and similar spiritual experiences." Read More ›

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Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheists, birth canal, brain-stem aneurysm, carbon-dioxide spikes, Carl Sagan, Carol Zaleski, clinical death, Denyse O'Leary, endorphins, Gandalf, Howard Storm, hypoxia, jesus, ketamine, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, My Descent into Death, near-death experiences, neurosurgery, Pam Reynolds, podcast, psychedelic chemistry, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Spetzler, skull, Stony Brook University, temporal-lobe seizures, The Immortal Mind, The Lord of the Rings, veridical}

Near-Death Experiences Give Scientific Evidence of the Soul

_{Science and Culture
June 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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As Dr. Egnor contends, near-death experiences offer modern, experiential evidence that the human mind is not confined to the skull. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bone, brain, consciousness, corpus callosotomy, Denyse O'Leary, EEG machine, epilepsy, legs, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, pain medications, recovery room, seizures, skull, split-brain surgery, surgery, vital signs}

New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 19, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, brain, brain function, brain hemispheres, Denyse O'Leary, dualism, emotion, free will, heartbeat, ID the Future, materialism, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, nature, near-death experiences, neurosurgery, Pam Reynolds, perception, podcast, reason, relatives, soul, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, thought}

The Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 19, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dr. Egnor challenges the Darwinian view, arguing that abstract thought and free will are immaterial and could not have arisen via natural selection. Read More ›

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Date
August 24, 2024

Categories
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, epilepsy, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, music, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, promissory materialism, seizures, Stony Brook University, Wilder Penfield}

What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

_{Science and Culture
August 24, 2024

Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain tissue, human mind, human nature, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, physical processes, soul, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind}

Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim. Read More ›

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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
September 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Psychology
Tagged
, “data fusion” technology, anthology, brain, computer science, information theory, logic, mind, mind-body problem, mind-brain problem, Minding the Brain, neurology, neurosurgery, philosophers, quantum theory}

Minding the Brain — An Introduction

_{Angus Menuge, Brian Krouse, and Robert J. Marks II
September 24, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Psychology

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In our modern age, full of science and technology, physical existence often appears to be the most substantial and “real” aspect of the world. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Psychology
Technology
Tagged
, Brian R. Krouse, computer science, Discovery Institute Press, Gregory Chaitin, information, logic, materialistic philosophy, mind, mind-body problem, mind-brain debate, mind-brain problem, Minding the Brain, neurology, neurons, neurosurgery, physical existence, Robert J. Marks II, University of Wisconsin}

New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Psychology, Technology

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Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: "The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives." Read More ›

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Date
December 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, bio-engineering, evolution, foresight, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Egnor, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, neurosurgery, physicians, planning, Steve Laufmann, systems engineering, Your Designed Body}

Your Designed Body: “Irreducible Complexity on Steroids”

_{Science and Culture
December 1, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science

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How could blind evolutionary processes, such as neo-Darwinism’s mechanism of natural selection working on genetic mutations, build this bio-engineering marvel? Read More ›