Tag: The Immortal Mind | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 2, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, awake patients, brain, brain cortex, brain networks, brain stimulations, brain surgery, Christof Koch, Denyse O'Leary, electrical probe, fMRI studies, Integrated information theory, memories, mind, neuronal activation, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Debating the Legacy of Neuroscientist Wilder Penfield

_{Michael Egnor
April 2, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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How much more evidence is necessary to draw the scientific inference that activation of brain networks is insufficient to generate abstract thought? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 1, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anesthesia, brain, brain hemispheres, brain syndromes, brainstem, cerebellum, cognition, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, hemihydranencephaly, hydranencephaly, hydrocephalus, immortality, Karina Kofman, Michael Levin, mind, neurons, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, Research, souls, terminal lucidity, thalamus, The Immortal Mind}

We Can Learn About the Mind from Damaged Brains

_{Michael Egnor
April 1, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Now we have solid neuroscience to show that the theologians and philosophers were and are right. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 1, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, ballerina, ballet, battleships, bones, Canceled Science, Denyse O'Leary, electric force, equilibrium, gravity, humans, intermolecular forces, life, Mass, materialists, matter, Michael Egnor, molecular interactions, natural causes, neutrons, nuclear forces, particles, physics, protons, pyramids, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Life Is the Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

_{Eric Hedin
April 1, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Matter is moved by matter, and to a lesser extent, by light. Let’s look into that assertion from the point of view of physics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 31, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, autistism, brain, bylines, Christianity, Christians, death, Denyse O'Leary, fairy tale, hospitals, Michael Egnor, mind, Minding the Brain, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, religious tradition, Roman Catholic, soul, The Immortal Mind}

A Neurosurgeon’s Intimate Account: How Science Gives Evidence of an Immortal Soul

_{David Klinghoffer
March 31, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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You can pre-order the book now, by May 31, and get a number of free items along with it. 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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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, augustine, blood, brains, carbon dioxide, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, free will, heart, intellect, kidneys, memories, muscles, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, oxygen, pain, Plato, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, urine, Wilder Penfield}

What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

_{Michael Egnor
December 17, 2024

Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 14, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain imaging, coordination, fMRI, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, textbooks, The Immortal Mind, thinking, tumors}

Brain Imaging Shows Intelligence Uses the Whole Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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A focus on specific regions like the prefrontal cortex can mislead. When we are thinking, we use brain-wide connections between many parts of the brain at once. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, authoritarianism, beauty, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado, dehumanization, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Academy, DiscoveryU, evolution, intelligent design, Long Story Short, Michael Egnor, mountains, nature, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

Our View of Nature Matters; Here’s Why

_{John G. West
December 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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I was standing amidst the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s retreat near the German-Austrian border, where some of the worst atrocities in history were planned. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Big Think, Dartmouth College, free will, John Horgan, Marcello Gleiser, Michael Egnor, militarism, Mind Matters, Minding the Brain, proofs, quantum mechanics, Racism, sexism, Superdeterminism, The Immortal Mind}

Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 1, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Closer to Truth, dementia, Georges Lemaître, hearing, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neurotransmitters, paradoxical lucidity, physicalism, Psychology Today, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, soul, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, vision}

Can We Define the Soul Out of Existence?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 1, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff argues that the soul could not really amount to much without a physical brain. Read More ›