Neuroscience, Quantum Physics, and the Nature of Reality
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Dr. Michael Egnor and Dr. Bruce Gordon discuss quantum mechanics, the nature of reality, idealism and how to interpret the finding of modern neuroscience. Prepare to cover a lot of ground on this Mind Matter News Bingecast.
Show Notes
- 00:00:43 | Introducing Dr. Bruce Gordon
- 00:02:00 | Idealism
- 00:03:37 | Plato’s theory of forms
- 00:05:08 | Kantian idealism
- 00:09:17 | Panpsychism and cosmopsychism
- 00:12:31 | What is a mental thing?
- 00:18:12 | The mind-dependent character of reality
- 00:24:08 | What counts as a measurement?
- 00:29:29 | The phenomenon of non-localizability of individual particles
- 00:31:25 | The quantum Cheshire Cat phenomenon
- 00:34:08 | The idealist perspective
- 00:38:01 | Wrapping in Aristotelian and Thomistic thought
- 00:41:00 | Idealism as the most satisfactory metaphysical perspective
- 00:45:06 | Thomism and modern neuroscience
- 00:49:47 | Near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences
- 00:52:09 | Idealism versus St. Thomas Aquinas
- 01:01:56 | Split-brain surgery patients
- 01:04:48 | The animal soul
Additional Resources
- Dr. Bruce Gordon at Discovery.org
- Dr. Michael Egnor at Discovery.org
- George Berkeley, philosopher, scientist, and Anglican bishop
- Plato, classical philosopher
- Immanuel Kant, 18th century philosopher
- Franz Brentano, 19th century philosopher
- “Aquinas’ Fifth Way: The Proof from Specification” by Michael Egnor at Evolution News
- N. David Mermin, physics professor at Cornell University
- Werner Heisenberg, German theoretical physicist
- Roger Scruton, British philosopher
- Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon
- Pam Reynolds, near-death experience surgery patient
- Roger Sperry, neuroscientist