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Michael Egnor
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July 24, 2019
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A Materialist Neuroscientist Continues the Argument with Himself

On the topic of “intellectual seizures,” he seems committed to both points of view
Michael Egnor
July 24, 2019
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

I assert that intellectual seizures do not exist. Dr. Ali asserts that they do exist and that they do not. The difference between their existence and their non-existence seems to be Dr. Ali’s rhetorical needs of the moment.

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Michael Egnor
Date
July 20, 2019
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Can Materialism Explain Abstract Thought? Part II

Now Dr. Ali argues with Dr. Ali
Michael Egnor
July 20, 2019
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

I know of no report in medical history of an abstract thought evoked by a seizure or by brain stimulation. Which is odd, if the brain causes abstract thought.

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Michael Egnor
Date
July 16, 2019
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What Is Abstract Thought? A Reply to Dr. Ali

Abstract thoughts cannot arise from material things because a cause cannot give what it does not have
Michael Egnor
July 16, 2019
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Philosophy of Mind

Dr. Ali’s deeper fallacy—deeper than his misunderstanding of the research—is his belief that mere complexity of material processes is sufficient to explain immaterial processes.

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