emergence Type post Author Michael Egnor Date January 22, 2018 CategoriesMetaphysicsNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __cedited, Aristotle, brain, Cartesian dualism, emergence, materialism, matter, mind, neurons, neurotransmitters, ontology, res cogitans, res extensa, soul, Thomism, water “Emergence” and the Soul Michael Egnor January 22, 2018 Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 9 Emergence, as a perceptual surprise, can’t explain the mind because emergence presupposes the mind. Read More ›
starry-night-over-the-allen-telescope-array-a-celestial-symp-1458310584-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Paul Nelson Date September 24, 2014 CategoriesEpistemologyIntelligent DesignMetaphysicsPhilosophyPhysics Tagged , __nedited, agent causation, alien intelligence, atheism, identity theory, logic, materialism, methodological naturalism, ontology, Reductionism, SETI, undirected process Do You Like SETI? Fine, Then Let’s Dump Methodological Naturalism Paul Nelson September 24, 2014 Epistemology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Physics 7 After reading my article about MN, a correspondent wrote and asked a good question. Read More ›