neural-landscape-with-densely-packed-neurons-selective-focus Type post Author Michael Egnor Date May 6, 2025 CategoriesAnatomyMedicineNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , abstract thought, Aristotle, blood pressure, brain function, brain state, breathing, Denyse O'Leary, Edward Feser, elementary particles, emotion, heart rate, hormones, intellect, James Ross, logic, matter, measurements, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroscience, perception, photons, Plato, precision, puppy, retinal cells, soul, triangle, uncertainty, Uncertainty Principle, will The Logical Basis of the Immaterial Mind Michael Egnor May 6, 2025 Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 The indeterminacy of matter precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought. Simple logic points to this truth. Read More ›
Grooming_de_Zoé Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date February 19, 2025 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , animal behavior, apes, awareness, bonobos, cats, Dogs, humans, Johns Hopkins University, Neurologica, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, puppy, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Steven Novella, theory of mind, ZME Science As a Cudgel Against Human Exceptionalism, Researchers Push for Bonobo “Theory of Mind” Denyse O’Leary February 19, 2025 Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind 6 Is it true that “recognizing when someone else lacks information” has been thought to be a distinctly human trait? Read More ›
Ovid Banished from Rome Type post Author David Berlinski Date July 7, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , animals, chimpanzees, Columbia University, Darwinian theory, David Premack, Dogs, dolphins, facial expressions, great apes, humans, Jesuits, mathematician, MIT, puppy, San Diego, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania Ovid in His Exile David Berlinski July 7, 2023 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 4 Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments. Read More ›
baby and puppy Type post Author Elizabeth Whately Date August 6, 2021 CategoriesFaith & ScienceIntelligent Design Tagged , Bayesian reasoning, car break-in, Charles Lyell, Charles Sanders Peirce, Croatia, Fran Lebowitz, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, Lydia McGrew, masks, Michael Scriven, philosophers, puppy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Substack God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge Elizabeth Whately August 6, 2021 Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 8 The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Read More ›
puppy on a leash 3 Type post Author Paul Nelson Date February 11, 2020 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , __edited, biologists, contingency, Dave Speijer, evolutionary theory, manure, Popperian falsification, predictions, puppy, rooster, Stephen Jay Gould, theory, universal common descent “Is Popperian Falsification Useful in Biology?” Paul Nelson February 11, 2020 Biology, Evolution 2 A theory that “tolerates exceptions” is doing no work at all, simply wandering along behind the data like a puppy on a leash. Read More ›
juan-rumimpunu-612586-unsplash Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 24, 2019 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & MindScientific Reasoning Tagged , __k-review, abstract thought, atheism, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, physical objects, puppy Why Human Reason Didn’t “Evolve” David Klinghoffer May 24, 2019 Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning 3 Egnor: “Think of the irony: a professor of philosophy, who is paid only to reason, uses reason to argue against reason. Welcome to the bowels of atheist metaphysics.” Read More ›