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Denyse O'Leary
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March 12, 2025
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Consciousness: Reductionism’s Final Hill — the One To Die On?

The reductionist has no more information than anyone else about the origin of human consciousness and isn’t making any better sense of the evidence we do have
Denyse O'Leary
March 12, 2025
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Free will, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
Is science about following the evidence or about confirming a materialist ideology about science? This is the big neuroscience question of our century. Read More ›
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Choosing the High Road or Low Road
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February 13, 2024
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How Neuroscience Disproved Free Will and Then Proved It Again

In this excerpt from Minding the Brain (2023), neuroscientist Cristi L. S. Cooper discusses the discovery of “free won’t” — the decision NOT to do something
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February 13, 2024
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Free will, Neuroscience
Neuroscientist Benjamin Libet was skeptical of claims that he had disproved free will, so he continued to experiment and found that he hadn’t after all. Read More ›
Choosing the High Road or Low Road
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 21, 2023
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Modern Neuroscience Does NOT Disprove Free Will

In a chapter of Minding the Brain (2023), Cristi L. S. Cooper looks at the current state of neuroscience research on free will
Denyse O'Leary
October 21, 2023
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
In a chapter of Minding the Brain (2023), Cristi L. S. Cooper looks at the current state of neuroscience research on free will Read More ›