TagEmergence
Why Cartesian Dualism?
Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesian dualism has become a whipping boy in philosophy, but it has advantages over the alternatives. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses Cartesianism and philosophy with Dr. Michael Egnor. Show Notes 01:27 Read More ›
Bingecast: Michael Egnor on the Human Brain
In this Bingecast episode, Dr. Robert J. Marks and Dr. Michael Egnor explore the human brain and its relationship to the mind. Is the mind an emergent property of the brain? Is there neurological evidence for the soul? What have brain experiments taught us about free will and the human person? Can you still think in a coma? Show Notes Read More ›
Why the Mind Cannot Just Emerge from the Brain
The mind cannot emerge from the brain if the two have no qualities in commonIn 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.
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Bernardo Kastrup: Consciousness cannot have evolved
How many joules of consciousness would make you a human instead of a chimpanzee? How many more joules of consciousness would make you a genius?Computer scientist and philosopher Bernardo Kastrup argues that evolution deals with things that can be measured quantitatively but consciousness cannot be quantified.
Read More ›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 interventionConsciousness 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?
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