CategoryPhilosophy of Mind
AI Consciousness Myths: Neuroscientist Offers a No-Hype Approach
Àlex Gómez-Marín’s physics background shows in the way that he dissects the hyped-up claims before responding to them
Researchers: Sense of Purpose in Later Life Lowers Dementia Risk
They believe that it helps the brain stay resilient. Fortunately, a wide range of activities have been found in various studies to provide that sense
Why Don’t Near-Death Experiences Support One Belief System?
On the Truthful Hope podcast, Jacob Vazquez and Denyse O'Leary discuss the way people of different faiths see what they themselves recognize
Isn’t It a Bit Late To Try Retreading Eliminative Materialism?
Daniel Dennett was an eliminative materialist at a time when the idea that consciousness is an illusion sounded cool and daring. And the Big Explanation was just around the corner…
New Find: Stone Tools From 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago
The tools were found on Sulawesi, an island near Flores, where fossils of diminutive humans were found in 2003 — but they were not as old as these tools
Is the Materialist Juggernaut Running Out of Fuel?
A recent thinkmag essay prompts a thought: can intellectuals still take materialism seriously?
Part 3: A Wren Arrives — and Ruffles Many a Feather
Dr. Wren, a cognitive scientist, identifies a problem with assuming that adding another ten thousand pigeons to the project will produce novel designs...
At The Federalist: Science Is “Catching Up” to Philosophy
David Weinberg points out that traditional descriptions of the powers of our souls are remarkably like what modern neuroscience is revealing to us in the twenty-first century
Missing Brains and the “Music Model” of Consciousness
Gazzaniga and Queenan’s new model accounts for missing brain parts but it leaves out the very thing that creates the music
Taking the Side of Science — But How Do We Know Which One It Is?
In writing that science’s materialism is absolute, Richard Lewontin wrote as one who did not grasp the fatal flaw in his absolutism
Part 2: Have the Superbirds Arrived? Are They Taking Over?
Dr. Avian now claims that his work with trained birds show that intelligence does not require inner models or internal representations, as formerly thought
Conundrum: Split Human Brain But Unified Perception
1500 papers later, current research suggests that a non-materialist approach to the neuroscience of the human mind is quite viable
Science: Slowly Accepting a Non-Materialist View of the Mind?
Ken Francis’s comments at New English Review brought back memories
Does the Mind Have a Specific Location in the Brain?
A rabbi asks neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how consciousness can exist without a place in the brain
How Studying AI Helped a Prof See Why the Mind is Non-Physical
A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter
Can Faith and Neuroscience Align? Yes, Says Science Writer
If both faith and neuroscience are honestly seeking the truth, says Denyse O’Leary, they will find much that is mutually supportive
Podcast: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor Reads From The Immortal Mind
He followed the evidence and came to see that the human mind has a spiritual and immortal dimension
Ancient Burials Are in the News Again — for Good Reason
Archaeologists are reporting on a group culture around death from 100,000 years ago, maybe involving both Neanderthals and modern humans