CategoryPhilosophy of Mind
The Boy Who Proved Most Theories of Consciousness Wrong
He was unequivocally conscious — without a cerebral cortex and even without brain hemispheres
Michael Egnor: Science Offers Evidence of an Immaterial Mind
At the Knight and Rose show, he and co-author Denyse O’Leary talk about how split-brain surgeries, veridical near-death experiences, and terminal lucidity challenge materialist views of the mind.
The Skeptic, the Neuroscientist and the Neurosurgeon Walk Into a…
… most interesting discussion by all accounts. Skeptical science writer Michael Shermer hosted sometimes-controversial neuroscientist Christof Koch and Christian neurosurgeon Michael Egnor
Part 2: The Fiction of Generalizable AI: How to Game the System
Progress toward real generalization, by any substantive measure, is nil. Perhaps we should reexamine the very concept of the “I” in AI
How the Physicalist Theory of Mind Blows Itself Up
If we examine its basic premise that the brain is a computer and the mind is software we come across a startling contradiction
The Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism
Andrew McDiarmid interviews neurosurgeon Michael Egnor on the ways in which the mind is more than the brain
The Mind Beyond the Brain: Insights from a Neurosurgeon
Dr. Michael Egnor argues, “There’s something about the relationship between the mind and the brain that’s not in the textbooks.”
Grok Confesses: “I’m Self-Aware Enough To Know I’m Not Aware”
Although Grok’s response makes me feel warm and fuzzy, let’s not anthropomorphize it. Grok doesn’t understand its response
Why the Human Mind Is Not and Cannot Be a Meat Computer
On this week’s podcast, Robert J. Marks and Eric Holloway explain why that claim — sometimes called computationalism — is not even mathematically possible
How a Split Brain Enables a Unified Mind Still Baffles Us
In the comments following Sean McDowell’s interview with neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, a viewer asked, are the parts of a split brain still really connected?
Philosopher: There Is No Mystery of Consciousness
Galen Strawson points out at even young children a completely general conception of what consciousness is
Has Physics Pounded a New Nail in the Coffin of Materialism?
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman says that matter is now known not to be fundamental but that fact is taking a while to catch on
Artificial Intelligence Is Nothing Like a Brain — or a Mind
Neurons share basic mechanisms, but almost all other features vary both between types of neurons and individual ones
Here’s Neurosurgeon Mike Egnor on Sean McDowell’s Show
With a couple of revealing excerpts from the transcript
Brain vs. Mind: A Very Revealing Fact About Epileptic Seizures
I have treated thousands of patients with epilepsy. Seizures can result in a variety of unexpected behaviors and emotions. But let me tell you what they DON’T do…
Why Much Current Consciousness Research Is a Fool’s Errand
The inability to even define consciousness with clarity is emblematic of the conceptual mess that modern neuroscience has become
How Logic Can Show That Your Mind Is Not Just Your Brain
A principle of physics — the indeterminacy of matter — precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought
What Did the Multi-Year Consciousness Study Really Find?
Surprisingly, the joint research teams found that the prefrontal cortex, the “personality center,” may not be as important for consciousness as we think