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Author
Peter Biles

Date
May 19, 2023

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Biola University, body, Center for Science and Culture, consciousness, Discovery Institute, dualism, hylomorphism, J.P. Moreland, materialism, Mereology, panpsychism, philosophy of mind, soul, Thomism, University of Texas}

Coming Soon: The Ultimate Defense of Substance Dualism

_{Peter Biles
May 19, 2023

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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J. P. Moreland has written prolifically on the soul and the mind/body issue in the past. In this great volume, his views are cogently articulated and defended. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 3, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, Eugene Wigner, humans, Integrated information theory, John von Neumann, panpsychism, quantum effects, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Sabine Hossenfelder, Taking on Consciousness, Tackles Panpsychism

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 3, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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She wants to apologize to all carrots who are watching her video — but carrots are not watching and that’s the point. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 1, 2022

Categories
Botany
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, animals, consciousness, dreaming, electrons, Günter Bechly, human consciousness, humans, materialists, Michael Egnor, naturalists, panpsychism, philosophers, spiders}

Should Spider Dreaming Really Give Us “Ethical Pause”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 1, 2022

Botany, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The discovery of REM sleep in spiders is morphing into vast claims that we have “urgent and inexorable ethical obligations” to them and other life forms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anesthesia, chimpanzees, cognition, consciousness, dolphins, intelligence, invertebrates, panpsychism, ResearchGate, spiders, Venus flytrap}

Researcher Says Plants May Be Conscious, Too

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2022

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Paco Calvo has authored many papers in respected journals; his view is another instance of panpsychism overtaking materialism in science. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 13, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, BBC, bees, consciousness, Dogs, dopamine, intelligence, James Shapiro, Lars Chittka, materialism, New Scientist, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, sensations, The Scientist, University of Chicago, waggle dance}

What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, David Barash, earthworms, evolution, intelligence, invertebrates, Nautilus, neuroscience, pain, panpsychism, Richard Dawkins, sentience, slaughter, University of Washington}

Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›

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Date
April 2, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, brain, consciousness, David Papineau, general relativity, materialism, neuroscience, New Scientist, panpsychism, Philip Goff, physicalism, physicists}

A Sympathetic Account of Panpsychism

_{Science & Culture
April 2, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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“Modern physics was founded on the separation of mind and matter.” Indeed, it was. And if that doesn’t work, materialism is dead. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 28, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, Darwinists, Integrated information theory, Jerry Coyne, mind, multiverse, panpsychism, Philip Goff, Sean Carroll, Why Evolution Is True}

Darwinian Biologist Resists Learning to Live with Panpsychism

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 28, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Jerry Coyne is having a hard time understanding why anyone would even consider taking panpsychism seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, atheism, C.S. Lewis, evolution, George Bernard Shaw, history, Michael Ruse, panpsychism, philosophers, religion}

Michael Ruse on Purpose: A Conflicted Response

_{Michael Flannery
March 6, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

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Whatever else might be said of Ruse and his work, like all his books this one is worth having on the shelf. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, agnosticism, Aristotle, Bernardo Kastrup, consciousness, emergence, evolution, ID the Future, idealism, instinct, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutations, teleology}

An Intelligent Design Behind Consciousness — Or an Instinctive One?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Something immaterial can’t have an effect on the material realm, presumably, so how would it be selected as advantageous by Darwinian natural selection? Read More ›