Tag: Michael Egnor

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News
Date
June 13, 2025

Categorized
Free will, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Michael Egnor, Robert J. Marks, Soul (concept)}

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 possible} _{News
June 13, 2025

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Free will, Philosophy of Mind}

In 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 ›

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News
Date
June 6, 2025

Categorized
Mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, Science

Tagged
Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), Matt Dillahunty, Michael Egnor, Robert J. Marks, Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), Thomas Sowell}

Michael Egnor on Faith, Reason, and the Architecture of Reality

_{In this week’s podcast, discussion with Robert J. Marks, he talks about the relationship between arguments from philosophical reasoning and faith} _{News
June 6, 2025

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Mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, Science}

Egnor describes faith as a deep relationship that may not always yield happiness about life circumstances but fosters lasting joy, independent of circumstances. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 3, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Featured, Lee Warren, Michael Egnor}

Two Neurosurgeons on Life, Death, Eternity and What Truly Matters

_{Lee Warren interviews Michael Egnor on the just-released book, The Immortal Mind} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 3, 2025

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The two doctors turned out to share a bond of personal pain as well as immortal hope. Read More ›

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News
Date
June 1, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Evolution, Information Theory, Physics

Tagged
conservation of information, Darwinian evolution, Infinite monkeys theorem, Maxwell's demon, Michael Egnor, William A. Dembski}

Information, Evolution & AI: A Conversation with William Dembski

_{In discussion with neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, Dembski stresses that AI is a tool, not a mind. Treating it otherwise leads to addiction, manipulation, and cultural decline} _{News
June 1, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Evolution, Information Theory, Physics}

Information isn’t free, Dembski says, and machines aren’t magic. By remembering what makes us human, we can use technology without losing ourselves to it. Read More ›

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News
Date
May 31, 2025

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Computers and free will, Denyse O'Leary, Desert Rose, Knight & Rose podcast, Michael Egnor, Near-death experiences (four characteristics), Wintery Knight}

Michael Egnor: Science Offers Evidence of an Immaterial Mind

_{At the Knight and Rose show, he and co-author Denyse O’Leary talk about how split-brain surgeries, veridical near-death experiences, and terminal lucidity challenge materialist views of the mind.} _{News
May 31, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

In their book, The Immortal Mind, Egnor and O'Leary argue that an immaterial, immortal soul best explains human consciousness, free will, and abstract thought. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor and William A. Dembski
Date
May 29, 2025

Tagged
AI philosophy, artificial general intelligence, Consciousness, conservation of information, Information Theory, Intelligent Design, Michael Egnor, mind-body problem, Philosophy of Mind}

Bill Dembski: The Power of Information and the Limits of AI

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May 29, 2025

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If you’re going to binge anyone, it might as well be Bill Dembski. On this episode of Mind Matters News, get your fill of insight and wisdom from Dr. Dembski, a senior fellow at Discovery Institute and a Distinguished Fellow with the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Here, he is interviewed by neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor. The Read More ›

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News
Date
May 25, 2025

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Andrew McDiarmid, Immortal Mind (Worthy 2025), Materialism, Michael Egnor}

The Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism

_{Andrew McDiarmid interviews neurosurgeon Michael Egnor on the ways in which the mind is more than the brain} _{News
May 25, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

After defining terms, Egnor begins exploring the compelling evidence he has gathered across four decades of practice in neurosurgery. Read More ›

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News
Date
May 22, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Adrian Owen, Awake brain surgery, Conjoined twins, Michael Egnor, Pam Reynolds, Paradoxical lucidity, Persistent vegetative state (PVS), Robert J. Marks, Terminal lucidity}

The Mind Beyond the Brain: Insights from a Neurosurgeon

_{Dr. Michael Egnor argues, “There’s something about the relationship between the mind and the brain that’s not in the textbooks.”} _{News
May 22, 2025

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Egnor’s work invites readers to reconsider the mysteries of the mind, urging a more open and curious approach to understanding human consciousness. Read More ›

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News
Date
May 22, 2025

Categorized
Near-Death Experiences, Philosophy

Tagged
Bruce Greyson, Gary Habermas on NDEs, Michael Egnor, Soul (classical view)}

Michael Egnor: Your Spiritual Soul Has No Off Switch

_{Here is Dr. Egnor’s talk at the Dallas Conference last February, where he discussed some themes from The Immortal Mind, to be published June 3} _{News
May 22, 2025

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Near-Death Experiences, Philosophy}

He makes the case—based on 40 years of practice and over 7,000 brain surgeries—that science has gotten it all wrong about the soul. Read More ›

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News
Date
May 7, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Michael Egnor, Sean McDowell, Soul (classical view)}

Here’s Neurosurgeon Mike Egnor on Sean McDowell’s Show

_{With a couple of revealing excerpts from the transcript} _{News
May 7, 2025

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The soul can seem a bit of a mystery because the popular idea of the soul, as a sort of “ghost” is not the traditional philosophical (or Christian) one. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 20, 2025

Categorized
Free will, Neuroscience

Tagged
Benjamin Libet, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Michael Egnor, Wesley J. Smith, Wilder Penfield}

A Neurosurgeon Makes the Neuroscience Case for Free Will

_{Michael Egnor is concerned about the serious social implications of denying free will} _{Denyse O'Leary
April 20, 2025

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Free will, Neuroscience}

Insisting that there is no free will amounts to declaring “I’m a meat robot, so take seriously what I’m saying.” That’s self-refuting nonsense, Dr. Egnor says. Read More ›

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News
Date
April 18, 2025

Categorized
Free will, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Benjamin Libet, Brian Krouse, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain (Discovery Institute Press 2023), Wesley J. Smith}

The Nature of Mind, Free Will, and Human Uniqueness: A Deep Dive

_{The book Minding the Brain sparks some interesting discussions about what is really unique about the human mind} _{News
April 18, 2025

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Free will, Human exceptionalism, Philosophy of Mind}

Many philosophers have concluded both from experience and careful consideration that mental phenomena cannot be reduced to neural mechanisms. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 23, 2025

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Religion

Tagged
Michael Egnor, Nancey Murphy, René Descartes (1596–1650), Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Soul (concept)}

Can Christianity Just Abandon the Idea of the Soul?

_{Theologian Nancey Murphy thinks that the Christian tradition can do without the idea of a soul, by relying only on faith in a bodily resurrection} _{Denyse O'Leary
March 23, 2025

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Philosophy of Mind, Religion}

The view Murphy outlines at Closer to Truth has more in common with modern materialism than with a traditional Christian understanding of the human soul. Read More ›

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News
Date
March 1, 2025

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Dualism, Emergentism, Idealism, Informational realism, Materialism, Michael Egnor, Panpsychism (vs. materialism)}

Beyond Materialism: Exploring the Mind-Brain Relationship

_{Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and philosopher Angus Menuge probe the relationship through philosophy, neuroscience, and information theory} _{News
March 1, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Understanding the mind in terms of information processing, rather than as a byproduct of brain activity, could reshape the debate. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 19, 2025

Categorized
Near-Death Experiences

Tagged
J. Steve Miller, Michael Egnor, Pam Reynolds, Sean McDowell}

5. NDEs: The Enduring Mystery of the Pam Reynolds Case

_{There can be no question that Reynolds was dead when she had an NDE during a risky operation. To succeed, the procedure required her to be dead…} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 19, 2025

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Near-Death Experiences}

As evidence for NDEs accumulates, we hear from cardiologists rather than mediums on the subject and that is a promising development for future research. Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 13, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Michael Egnor}

Brain Imaging Study Shows That Intelligence Uses the Whole Brain

_{A focus on specific regions like the prefrontal cortex can mislead. When we are thinking, we use brain-wide connections between many parts of the brain at once} _{Denyse O'Leary
December 13, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

It’s not that the textbooks are wrong; they are just not telling the whole story. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor and Pat Flynn
Date
September 5, 2024

Tagged
Michael Egnor}

The Rational Soul: Rethinking Materialism with Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor

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September 5, 2024

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In this episode, Pat Flynn and Dr. Michael Egnor conclude their discussion of Dr. Egnor’s contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. Flynn and Dr. Egnor discuss Thomistic dualism and its relation to neuroscience and the soul. Thomistic dualism is the belief that the soul is a separate entity from the body and that the rational aspects of the soul, Read More ›

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News
Date
August 21, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Featured, Michael Egnor, Pat Flynn, Roger Sperry, Yair Pinto on split brains}

What Did Splitting Human Brains in Half Tell Us About the Mind?

_{How did split brain study subjects compare things when no part of their brains saw both things?} _{News
August 21, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

As Michael Egnor told Pat Flynn, research of this sort — where split brains provide united perceptions — is an unacknowledged problem for materialism. Read More ›

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News
Date
August 20, 2024

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Epilepsy (and abstract thought), Michael Egnor, Mystery of the Mind (Princeton 1975), Pat Flynn, Wilder Penfield (on abstract thought and epilepsy)}

What Brain Surgery for Epilepsy Taught Us About the Human Mind

_{Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought} _{News
August 20, 2024

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The claim that we will find a materialist explanation some day, no date specified, means that we never reckon with failure to do so. Read More ›

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News
Date
July 15, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Christof Koch, Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT), Integrated Information Theory (IIT and panpsychism), Michael Egnor, Michael Graziano}

Science Writer: No Way To Tell If AI Is Conscious

_{Absent a definition of consciousness, it might not be possible to prove extravagant claims wrong} _{News
July 15, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

The difficulty of defining consciousness could very well be one of the reasons why tech moguls can get away with extravagant claims about conscious AI. Read More ›