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Author
News

Date
February 17, 2020

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
brain, Emergence, Karl Popper, mind}

Why the Mind Cannot Just Emerge from the Brain

_{The mind cannot emerge from the brain if the two have no qualities in common} _{News

February 17, 2020

Philosophy of Mind}

In his continuing discussion with Robert J. Marks, Michael Egnor argues that emergence of the mind from the brain is not possible because no properties of the mind have any overlap with the properties of brain. Thought and matter are not similar in any way. Matter has extension in space and mass; thoughts have no extension in space and no mass.

Michael Egnor: Is Your Brain the Same as Your Mind?

_{Robert J. Marks and Michael Egnor

February 13, 2020}

Is the mind an emergent property of the brain? Or is there something else going on? Robert J. Marks discusses the different theories of the mind — including materialism, panpsychism, and dualism — with Dr. Michael Egnor. Show Notes 00:37 | Introducing Dr. Michael Egnor, Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at State University of New York, Stony Brook 01:32 | Read More ›

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Author
Eric Holloway

Date
July 30, 2019

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, Emergence, Illusionism, Materialism, Panpsychism}

No Materialist Theory of Consciousness Is Plausible

_{All such theories either deny the very thing they are trying to explain, result in absurd scenarios, or end up requiring an immaterial intervention} _{Eric Holloway

July 30, 2019

Philosophy of Mind}

Consciousness is the biggest problem for materialism. How is it possible that a bunch of particles that are devoid of consciousness get together and cause consciousness?