Tag: will

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancient world, animals, brain, Denyse O'Leary, genome, human beings, immaterial reality, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, philosophers, philosophy, plants, Plato’s Revenge, reason, soul, The Federalist, The Immortal Mind, will, William James}

A Reviewer Assesses Dr. Egnor on the Mind: Science Is “Catching Up” to Philosophy

_{David Klinghoffer
August 8, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Neuroscience & Mind

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In two different areas of research — the nature of the mind, and the nature of genome — science points us to the existence of an immaterial reality. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Amazon, astronomer, beavers, biochemists, biology, chance, elements, evolution, gods, helium, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, life, necessity, New York City, Occam’s razor, On the Origin of Species, parsimony, skyscraper, smartphones, special creation, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, Stonehenge, will}

How Did the Designer Do It?

_{Daniel Witt
July 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 6, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, blood pressure, brain function, brain state, breathing, Denyse O'Leary, Edward Feser, elementary particles, emotion, heart rate, hormones, intellect, logic, matter, measurements, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroscience, perception, photons, Plato, precision, puppy, soul, triangle, uncertainty, Uncertainty Principle, will}

The Logical Basis of the Immaterial Mind

_{Michael Egnor
May 6, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The indeterminacy of matter precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought. Simple logic points to this truth. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brains, color, consciousness, Darwinism, determinism, evolution, Free Agents, free will, hard problem of consciousness, intelligent design, Kevin Mitchell, materialism, materialists, Michael Levin, naturalism, neurons, pain, Platonism, purpose, randomness, René Descartes, will}

Did Evolution Give Us Free Will? (Continued)

_{Daniel Witt
March 5, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The door is open to other causes — even those that neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell himself would prefer to keep out. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain states, Brian Miller, determinism, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, free will, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Theoretical Biology, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, Sabine Hossenfelder, Stephen Meyer, thought, Wilder Penfield, will}

Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020

Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 26, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, agnosticism, atheism, Australia, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Darwinists, David Attenborough, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, Sir David Attenborough, Thomas Aquinas, will}

Jerry Coyne on Our “Divinity Sense Organs”

_{Michael Egnor
September 26, 2019

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Sir David Attenborough, an agnostic, invokes a rather nice metaphor about a termite mound. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, abstract thought, brain, cloning, DNA, embryos, gestation, human cloning, intellect, mammals, matter, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, proteins, scientific evidence, somatic cell nuclear transfer, testability, Wesley J. Smith, will}

Egnor: How to Test Materialist Theories of Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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A premise here is that abstract thought is a unique human endowment, so our colleague Wesley Smith will also find this of interest as a scientific test of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 6, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, action potentials, alien hand syndrome, appetite, Bradley Center, brain, Eric Metaxas, free will, health, intellect, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, patients, physical processes, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, volition, will}

Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 6, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

3}

A reader asked whether this disproves the unity and freedom of the will. It appears that the patient wills two things simultaneously: getting dressed and getting undressed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, altruism, animals, artificial intelligence, bonobos, Carl Zimmer, evolution, humans, intellect, just-so stories, machines, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, tools, will}

Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 5, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, action potentials, brain, cat, intellect, justice, mind, neurons, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, universals, will}

The Representation Problem and the Immateriality of the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 5, 2018

Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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If I think about a particular thing — my cat Tabby, for example — my actual cat Tabby isn’t in my brain. Read More ›