This inward journey reveals how consciousness is not only about understanding ourselves but about understanding reality itself.
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If materialism fails to account for the origin of the soul, then creationism—not as a fringe theory, but as a viable explanation—deserves serious consideration.
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The tide is turning. The idea that science will soon explain away human consciousness is ceasing to be a live discussion. Let’s hear the new discussions!
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And then there’s this whole mess of determinism — whether it’s naturalistic determinism, divine determinism, or even randomness.
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In the midst of all the chatter surrounding AI and chatbots, one might be led to believe that the concepts of consciousness or even the soul, let alone the afterlife, are simply relics of outdated beliefs. This sentiment is often echoed by some scientists, raising the question: Is this truly the case? And should we readily accept this perspective? In a recent episode of Mindscape, renowned philosopher and cognitive scientist Raphael Millerie, who boasts an Oxford education and is now a fellow at the Center of Science and Society, teamed up with Sean Carroll, a prominent theoretical physicist known for debunking notions of the soul and the afterlife, to delve into the world of chatbots and AI (see episode 230). Read More ›
If something like dualism is true, then it goes a long way to showing the implausibility of the idea that we are solely meat machines, robots, etc.
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There’s little of substance favoring this new theory of consciousness. We still need something like a god piloting the universe.
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Goff claims the principle of parsimony is on his side, but what he gives us is minuscule in comparison to theism.
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After repeated failures to explain consciousness, there’s a new path in the science of consciousness that promises to be the final theory of consciousness.
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