Tag: Soul (classical view)

Silhouette of human with universe and physical, mathematical formulas

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News
Date
August 12, 2025

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Science

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David Klinghoffer, David Weinberg, Immortal Mind (Worthy 2025), Plato's Revenge (Discovery Institute Press 2025), Soul (classical view)}

At The Federalist: Science Is “Catching Up” to Philosophy

_{David Weinberg points out that traditional descriptions of the powers of our souls are remarkably like what modern neuroscience is revealing to us in the twenty-first century} _{News
August 12, 2025

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Philosophy of Mind, Science}

The theme that science is confirming the traditional philosophical understanding of life is also the theme of David Klinghoffer’s Plato’s Revenge.

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News
Date
May 22, 2025

Categorized
Near-Death Experiences, Philosophy

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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.

Sunrise on mountain with foggy in Medicine lake at Jasper

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News
Date
May 7, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

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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.

A detailed visualization of a human brain with glowing nodes representing neural connections and brain activity, symbolizing neurological science, cognitive function, and advanced biological research

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Michael Egnor
Date
March 9, 2025

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alan McComas, Alzheimer's disease, Concept cells, Consciousness as concept, Hippocampus and memory, Pineal gland, Rene Descartes, Soul (classical view)}

Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places

_{Reductionism is nonsense, and “consciousness” is not nestled in clusters of neurons} _{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The higher human ability to think abstractly — to reason and will freely — are not physical abilities and do not come from the brain.