Tag: Sharon Dirckx

Ideas escape from brain of pensive african man

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 17, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Flynn effect, Iain McGilchrist, Justin Brierley, Sharon Dirckx}

Does Left Brain-Only Thinking Impoverish Our Mental World? How?

_{A discussion of the left brain vs the right brain that avoids pop science can set us thinking, as psychiatrist McGilchrist and neurologist Dirckx show} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 17, 2023

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Materialism impoverishes mind–brain discussions due to Egnor’s dilemma: If your hypothesis is that your mind is an illusion, then you DO NOT HAVE a hypothesis.

Brain psychology mind soul and hope concept art, 3d illustration, surreal artwork, imagination painting, conceptual idea

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 6, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Daniel Dennett, Iain McGilchrist, Justin Brierley, Sharon Dirckx, William James}

The Mind: A Neuroscientist and a Psychiatrist Walk Into a…

_{Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, conversing with Christian neuroscientist Sharon Dirckx about materialism’s deficits, shows considerable sympathy for panpsychism} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 6, 2023

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Neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind}

What’s most interesting about this discussion is how well the life of the intellect, engaged by science, gets on without any form of eliminative materialism.

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News
Date
October 31, 2019

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Am I Just My Brain (book), Featured, Michael Egnor, Sharon Dirckx}

Neuroscientist Says Our Souls Are Not Machines

_{A reviewer notes that Sharon Dirckx makes her case in a way that is easy for the attentive non-specialist reader to understand.} _{News
October 31, 2019

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

If readers are looking for a book by a writer familiar with the science who does not just adopt the materialist view and then spend two hundred and fifty pages supporting it, Am I Just My Brain? might be a good choice.

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Michael Egnor
Date
October 6, 2019

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Am I Just My Brain (book), Edward Feser, Sharon Dirckx}

An Oxford Neuroscientist Explains Mind vs. Brain

_{Sharon Dirckx explains the fallacies of materialism and the logical and scientific strengths of dualism} _{Michael Egnor
October 6, 2019

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

It’s good to see a growing response to the materialist superstition about the mind and the brain from the neuroscience and philosophy community.