Mind
We used to have a lizard brain in the 1990s but we don’t now
Cuttlefish can delay gratification, suggesting smarts like chimpanzees and crows
This time, human evolution was shaped by a quest for tasty food
The “smaller game” theory of the human brain
A science writer offers some interesting thoughts on free will
Neuroscientists demonstrate that we can communicate with people while they are dreaming
Michael Egnor asks if materialist neuroscience is an unwitting Sokal hoax
Michael Egnor: Materialists misrepresent Libet’s research on free will
Is “consciousness” a useless concept? Michael Egnor makes the case
Michael Egnor: From a medical perspective, “consciousness” adds nothing to the description of mental states
In his view, “ “Consciousness ” is a meaningless term that too often misleads us, and it shouldn’t be used in medicine, neuroscience, or philosophy: “Consciousness” is a very vague term and, ultimately, I don’t think it has any useful meaning at all, apart from other categories such as sensation, perception, imagination, reason etc. Aristotle had no distinct term for it. Nor do I think did any of the ancient or medieval philosophers. Consciousness is a modern term that seems to subsume all of the sensate powers of the soul — sensation, perception, sensus communis, imagination, memory, sensory appetite, etc. … The difficulty in defining “consciousness” is well recognized in medicine. For example, I ask medical students and residents who Read More ›