TagMichael Egnor
Podcast: Mind Before Matter: How an Idealist Looks At the World
Bruce Gordon argues that mind is basic to reality and that materialist views of consciousness do not explain what we know about experience or the world
Why the Mind Matters: No Free Will = No Guilt — Thus No Innocence
Michael Egnor spells out the true consequences of materialism: We come to be seen as animals to be managed by government
Conundrum: Split Human Brain But Unified Perception
1500 papers later, current research suggests that a non-materialist approach to the neuroscience of the human mind is quite viable
Science: Slowly Accepting a Non-Materialist View of the Mind?
Ken Francis’s comments at New English Review brought back memories
Does the Mind Have a Specific Location in the Brain?
A rabbi asks neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how consciousness can exist without a place in the brain
Podcast: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor Reads From The Immortal Mind
He followed the evidence and came to see that the human mind has a spiritual and immortal dimension
A Podcast Host Asks, How Many Neurosurgeons Are Materialists…?
Will Spencer asked neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how he responds to colleagues who believe that we are just meat puppets
Science Dilemma: Bucking the Trend and Searching for Truth
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor tells host Allan CP about the risks scientists face if they say that human beings have souls
Researchers: Adult Human Brains Can Grow New Neurons
The Karolinska Institutet-based team found early-stage brain cells in older people in the hippocampus, the memory area of the brain
Skepticism: Four Challenges From Near-Death Experiences
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor offers these challenges to those who would explain away NDEs as a mere malfunction of the brain
Does Dementia Show That the Mind Is Simply What the Brain Does?
People with dementia have severe memory issues, along with motor, perception and emotional disabilities, and that curtails their powers of reason
Piers Morgan Show: Michael Egnor and Michael Shermer Debate!
Near-death experiences headlined the discussion. But Dr. Egnor made clear that there is much other evidence for the reality of the human mind
Neuroscientist Christof Koch proposes a bold brain experiment…
… worthy of science fiction — that he and his debate opponent, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, could share a brain via Neuralink. And what would happen then?
Neuroscientist: Brain Surgery Can Create “Two Conscious Entities”
Dr. Egnor, who has done split-brain surgery himself, dismisses neuroscientist Christof Koch's claim
Catholic Bookworm features The Immortal Mind
Michael Egnor stressed the importance of communicating reflections on the findings of neuroscience in a way that is accessible to the public
Mind: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor vs. Neuroscientist Christof Koch
Released yesterday evening, the debate, hosted by science writer and broadcaster Michael Shermer, was cordial, and quite relatable
A Neurosurgeon on Near-Death Experiences: Evidence for the Soul?
Michael Egnor sees striking parallels between NDEs and experiences described by mystics when ordinary thought is silenced, deeper reality breaks through
Podcast: Free Will, Determinism, and the Immortal Soul
Michael Egnor explains, to claim, “There is no free will,” is to make a rational argument while denying the very capacity that makes rational argument possibleIn an intellectually rich discussion on Mind Matters News, neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor and host Dr. Robert J. Marks explore the scientific, philosophical, and theological dimensions of free will, determinism, and the immaterial nature of the soul. The conversation centers around contents of the new book The Immortal Mind by Egnor and Denyse O’Leary. What emerges is a compelling case not only for the reality of free will, but also for the immortality of the human soul, grounded in reason and neuroscience. The self-refuting nature of free will denial The conversation begins with an analogy: If a spilled bottle of ink coincidentally formed the words “It’s going to snow,” no one would believe that message had real meaning. Similarly, Egnor Read More ›
