Tag: Alexander Batthyány

Glass lightbulb with golden gears inside, set against a backdrop of mathematical equations, symbolizing innovation, problem-solving, and the mechanics of ideas

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 8, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Featured, Michael Egnor, New Age movement, Terminal lucidity}

Toward a True — and Also Scientific — Picture of the Human Mind

_{Alexander Batthyány offers a personal anecdote about Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Sir John Eccles that might help point the way} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 8, 2026

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Philosophy of Mind}

Batthyány also expressed concern that a non-material/spiritual understanding of topics like terminal lucidity risks being taken over today by New Age nonsense.

Stained glass church windows illuminate floor

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 7, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Michael Egnor, Terminal lucidity, Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)}

The Thin Spaces of Our Lives Where Strange Things Do Happen

_{Denyse O'Leary
February 7, 2026

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Philosophy of Mind}

In the discussion with Batthyány, Egnor suggested that people who inexplicably become more lucid near death are drawing closer to the light of God.

Businessman looking at a magnifying glass over a network of small people.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 6, 2026

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Brain–magnifying glass analogy, Featured, Michael Egnor, Terminal lucidity, Threshold (book 2023), William James (1842–1910)}

Consciousness… a Computer or a Magnifying Glass?

_{At ID the Future, Egnor and Batthyány offer some further thoughts on the ongoing mystery: How does the human mind clear at the point of death?} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 6, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind}

Neither shortage of oxygen nor the presence of relatives account for the sudden release from confusion or dementia.

A close-up shot of a clear crystal ball with a rainbow spectrum inside casting a shadow

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 3, 2026

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Charles Murray, Featured, Michael Egnor, Steven Pinker, Terminal lucidity}

How Sudden Lucidity at Death Became a Science Topic

_{Psychologist Alexander Batthyány and neurosurgeon Michael Egnor discuss the implications of clear consciousness despite deadly illness} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 3, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology}

Serious research on terminal lucidity will immensely damage the sort of materialism that Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker champions.