Tag: sensations

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain, brain function, communication, consciousness, death, Denyse O’Leary, emotions, free will, human identity, ID the Future, materialism, medical literature, memories, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movements, near-death experiences, neuroscience, physicalism, reason, seizures, sensations, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, Threshold}

Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 2, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why would the human mind sometimes appear strongest when the brain is weakest? We begin a two-part conversation discussing the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. Read More ›

Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, brain, brain mapping, COSM 2025, debates, emotions, free will, history of science, immaterial mind, intelligent design, logic, machines, mathematics, memories, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, psychology, seizures, sensations, soul, twins}

COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animals, Aristotle, behavior, Dogs, emotions, evolutionary biologists, feelings, humans, Marc Bekoff, Michael Egnor, moral choice, prejudice, Psychology Today, Racism, sensations, sexism, speciesism, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Wesley J. Smith}

Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 4, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Scientific Reasoning

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Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›

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Date
March 17, 2024

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, brain, causation, consciousness, feelings, logic, mind, right, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, sensations, soul, thinking, thoughts, wrong}

Consciousness Observes Different Laws from Physics

_{Science & Culture
March 17, 2024

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

Keith Ward explains how we can know that the mind is not simply what the brain does. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, appetite, brain, Brown University, Cartesian dualism, Christianity, consciousness, emotion, evolution, eye, intellect, Kenneth Miller, materialism, memory, mind-brain problem, neuroscience, perception, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, Roman Catholic, sensations, soul, The Human Instinct, Thomas Aquinas}

Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

8}

Despite Miller's claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes. Read More ›

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Date
October 1, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Closer to Truth, J.P. Moreland, mind, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, sensations, soul, spirit}

J. P. Moreland: Is the Human Mind Immortal?

_{Science & Culture
October 1, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Philosopher J. P. Moreland is a Fellow with the Center for Science & Culture. He offers some thoughts. 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

4}

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
David Coppedge

Date
May 26, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, cancer, collagen, connective tissue, intelligent design, junk DNA, nerves, New Scientist, organs, sensations, spontaneous generation, vestigial structures}

Fascia, Your Body’s Fashionable “New” Organ

_{David Coppedge
May 26, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

7}

It’s not often that a new functional organ is found in the human body, considering that everything has been dissected and drawn for centuries. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 6, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, brain, cerebral cortex, eyes, form, mind, neurobiology, perception, philosophy of mind, retina, sensations, soul}

The Mystery of Blindsight Helps Us Understand the Mind Better

_{Michael Egnor
April 6, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Blindsight is the remarkable ability of some blind people to sense objects that they cannot actually see. Read More ›

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Date
October 1, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, __nedited, Biomimetics, Geoffrey Simmons, prosthetics, qualia, Research, sensations, senses, touch}

How We Feel: The Sensation of Touch

_{Science & Culture
October 1, 2016

Intelligent Design, Technology

1}

We're now seeing attempts to mimic the natural phenomenon of touch in medical technology. Read More ›