2560px-Land_planarian_(21248664896) Type post Author Daniel Witt Date February 28, 2025 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringMathematicsMetaphysics Tagged , a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism Daniel Witt February 28, 2025 Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics 15 Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›
young-woman-touching-her-own-reflection-in-a-mirror-stockpac-167068719-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Michael Egnor Date November 26, 2008 CategoriesMetaphysicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __nedited, aboutness, agency, brain chemistry, defining terms, determinism, free will, intentionality, materialism, meaning, mind, neuroscience, secondary qualities, self-awareness, semantic information, subjectivity, superstition The Mind and Materialist Superstition Michael Egnor November 26, 2008 Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind 9 Consider the six characteristics of the mind, generally accepted by materialist and non-materialist scientists and philosophers. Read More ›
