^TagRené Descartes (1596–1650)

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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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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

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.

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.