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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

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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2021

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, brain, cerebral cortex, consciousness, evolution, Jerry Coyne, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, physicalism, robots, Science Uprising, Thomas Aquinas}

Where and What Is Consciousness?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2021

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If humans are just “robots made of meat,” then the seat of consciousness ought to be locatable somewhere in the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 11, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Bernardo Kastrup, Big Bang, black holes, Cartesian dualism, consciousness, Darwinists, Jerry Coyne, love, materialism, mercy, philosophers, physical science, physicalism, res cogitans, supernatural, truth}

Do Physicalists Believe in Black Holes?

_{Michael Egnor
February 11, 2020

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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A materialist view of reality leaves out much of reality (love, reason, mercy, truth, etc.) so skittish materialists often call themselves “physicalists.” Read More ›

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Date
December 5, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, naturalism, physicalism, podcast}

Greg Koukl on Heretic: The “Right Answer” or the “Right Kind of Answer”?

_{Science & Culture
December 5, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Heretic is the autobiographical story, co-written by Jonathan Witt, of distinguished Finnish bioengineer Matti Leisola. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Bruce Buff, consciousness, Dan Brown, Darwinian theory, death, emergence, Halloween, intelligent design, materialism, mortality, MRI, National Review Online, neurons, physicalism, soul, supernatural, thriller}

Bruce Buff and Robert Spitzer on All Hallows’ Eve — Materialism as Reality-Denial

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2017

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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“Is the soul real? Or is it just an old construct used to explain what a scientifically illiterate society could not?” Read More ›

sign at the railroad station at the edge of the platform looking toward the tracks warning you to watch the gap

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Date
February 24, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, "God of the gaps", agency, agent causation, deism, designer, events, explanatory power, First Cause, free will, physicalism, promissory materialism}

This Weekend in California, Paul Nelson Will Speak on the "God of the Gaps" Challenge and the Explanatory Superiority of Design

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February 24, 2015

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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You've heard the objection: The theory of intelligent design is nothing but a "God of the Gaps" argument. Read More ›