Tag: Hydranencephaly

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Michael Egnor
Date
June 1, 2025

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

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Featured, Global Workspace Theory (GWT), Hydranencephaly, Integrated Information Theory (IIT), Mark Solms, René Descartes (1596–1650), Theories of consciousness}

The Boy Who Proved Most Theories of Consciousness Wrong

_{He was unequivocally conscious — without a cerebral cortex and even without brain hemispheres} _{Michael Egnor
June 1, 2025

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I believe that children with hydranencephaly are conscious because all human beings have a spiritual soul and it is by virtue of our soul that we are conscious.

Why Much Current Consciousness Research Is a Fool’s Errand

_{The inability to even define consciousness with clarity is emblematic of the conceptual mess that modern neuroscience has become} _{Michael Egnor
May 4, 2025

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Consciousness is like contact lenses. It is the means by which we experience, not what we experience. Thus we can’t “find” it in the brain.