TagMinding the Brain (Discovery Institute Press 2023)
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
Programmer: How We Know Computers Won’t Surpass the Human Mind
Winston Ewert points out that we can only devise a “halting detector” less powerful than the ones our own minds have
Programmers: Why Materialism Can’t Explain Human Creativity
Eric Holloway and Robert Marks explain why it’s unlikely that the mind that enables human creativity is merely the product of animal evolution
Can Informational Realism Help Sort Out the Mind–Body Problem?
According to William Dembski, informational realism asserts that the ability to exchange information is the defining feature of reality
Near-Death: What People Learn When They Are (Briefly) Dead
In this excerpt, Prof Gary Habermas reports that sometimes the returned experiencer says that someone else has died — but the official news only comes later
Prof: There’s a Growing Number of Verified Near-Death Experiences
Gary Habermas notes more than 110 NDEs where experiencers’ detailed reports of what they saw when they were flatlined have been corroborated later
A Philosopher Explains: How the Soul Relates to the Body
James Madden explains a philosophical approach to the soul called hylomorphism which, he argues, can benefit neuroscience
How Neuroscience Disproved Free Will and Then Proved It Again
In this excerpt from Minding the Brain (2023), neuroscientist Cristi L. S. Cooper discusses the discovery of “free won’t” — the decision NOT to do something
Belief in the Soul Is Found in Every Time and Place
Substance dualism holds clearly that the soul and the body are two different types of entities
On the Limitations of Cutting-Edge Neuroscience
Neuroscientist Joseph Green separates the hype from reality when it comes to current brain research.
Will Neuroscience Ever Accommodate Immaterial Consciousness?
Joseph Green offers an informative account in Minding the Brain of the current state of neuroscience. What we now know is remarkable — but so is what we don’t
Neuroscience Has Never Provided Much Evidence for Materialism
In a chapter of the new book, Minding the Brain, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor points out that many great neuroscientists were non-materialists
Modern Neuroscience Does NOT Disprove Free Will
In a chapter of Minding the Brain (2023), Cristi L. S. Cooper looks at the current state of neuroscience research on free will