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Back View of a Primitive Prehistoric Neanderthal Child in Animal Skin Draws Animals and Abstracts on the Walls at Night. Creating First Cave Art with Petroglyphs, Rock Paintings Illuminated by Fire.
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 29, 2024
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Animal mind, Human exceptionalism, Neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness Remains Inescapable

Neuroscientist Francisco Aboitiz starts by offering to tell us how consciousness evolved but then makes a critical concession
Denyse O'Leary
August 29, 2024
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Animal mind, Human exceptionalism, Neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind

Aboitiz concludes, “In the end, the dualistic dilemma between subjective experience and mechanistic explanations seems to me inescapable.”

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Be Reasonable written in neon on a brick wall
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Michael Egnor
Date
May 24, 2019
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Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind
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An Atheist Argues Against Reason

And thinks it is the reasonable thing to do
Michael Egnor
May 24, 2019
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Natural Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Justin Smith is leading the way to the abandonment of rationality. There’s not a shred of reason in his essay.

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