Tag: Wilder Penfield (on abstract thought and epilepsy)

A human head with glowing neurons in the brain. Generative AI

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Michael Egnor
Date
December 16, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Mystery of the Mind (Princeton 1975), Wilder Penfield (on abstract thought and epilepsy), Wilder Penfield (on free will)}

What, Exactly, Does Your Brain Do? What Can’t It Do?

_{A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be} _{Michael Egnor
December 16, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Brain stimulation could cause movement or memories but no part of the brain, when stimulated, caused patients to think abstractly or exercise free will. Read More ›

Epilepsy awareness concept: human face with copy space. epilepsy or seizure disorder.

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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 ›

Synaps with neurons in the background, neurotransmitters in synaptic junction, information transmission in the brain

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 24, 2023

Categorized
Free will, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Dualism, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain (Discovery Institute Press 2023), Robert Sapolsky, Wilder Penfield (on abstract thought and epilepsy)}

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} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 24, 2023

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Free will, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Great neuroscientists weren’t dualists in spite of the evidence but because of it. Their research really did not support a materialist view of the mind. Read More ›

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News
Date
February 14, 2022

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Berkeleian Idealism, Epilepsy (and abstract thought), Featured, Idealism, Joshua Farris (on dualism), Michael Egnor (on dualism), Split brain research (and unity of mind), Thomism, Wilder Penfield (on abstract thought and epilepsy)}

How Does Dualism Understand Personal Identity?

_{Both neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and theology professor Joshua Harris acknowledge weaknesses in their philosophies’ understanding of personal identity} _{News
February 14, 2022

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

In “The Body and the Soul” podcast, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor interviews theology professor Joshua Farris on how a sense of personal identity is preserved (or not) in Aristotelian vs. Cartesian philosophy (both are dualist philosophies; they do not think that the mind is merely a product of the brain). Along the way, Michael Egnor talks about the remarkable way that neuroscience affirms a dualist view. https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/Mind-Matters-News-Joshua-Farris-Episode-2-rev1.mp3 A partial transcript and notes follow: Michael Egnor: Had it not been for neuroscience, which led me to a Thomist view, I would probably be a Cartesian because I do agree that there’s a great deal to say for it. Although my sense of Cartesianism is that the closer we get to Berkeley and Read More ›