functionalism – Uncommon Descent

Intelligent Design Mind Naturalism

Michael Egnor: Why the mind can’t just be the brain

Thinking it through carefully, the idea doesn’t even make sense.

kairosfocus I headline, regarding the credibility of the concept and existence of God, following up from the debate News reports on.. – L&FP, 47: The credibility of the...
bornagain77 Moreover, from quantum physics, (our most powerful theory is science), we can also infer that God is omniscient, (as well... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
bornagain77 Another way to infer that God must be omniscient is that it is now shown by Gregory Chaitin, via Godel,... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
bornagain77 As to, "I find it arrogant to presume that any individual could conclude that there is a being that knows... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
kairosfocus F/N: MD belabours the concept of an all-knowing deity, further showing his failure to understand logic of being applied to... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
kairosfocus I see: [MD:] since I’m dealing with someone who’s a Catholic, I think we can begin with at least the... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
Belfast Seversky There are not “two halves” of the image - there are two images. Front and back. Supine and prone.... – Trust in science: How the replication...
Belfast Well, I knew a woman who told me that her husband would come down for breakfast and would take the... – Shell beads from Morocco found at...
Eugene God is an engineer. – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
zweston To debate Dillahunty is an exercise in futility. He is a hyper-skeptic... He also won't bear the burden of proof..... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
Silver Asiatic If someone came up to you and said, “I know everything,” the only thing you would ever be able to... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
Querius Silver Asiatic, Take a look at this 12-13 minute video and see what you think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDek6cYijxI -Q – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Silver Asiatic Q It seems that many people see a binary choice between either deterministic and random events. There’s a third choice... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
AaronS1978 “I find it arrogant to presume that any individual could conclude that there is a being that knows everything and... – At Mind Matters News: 3. Atheist...
Silver Asiatic Querius What I’m saying is gravity as a force is unaffected by the environment but there might be many effects... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Querius Jerry, Using gravity is really inappropriate as a comparison. Yes, there are severe limitations on all analogies. One must choose... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Querius Hanks, Your mind. Is. Chaotic. LOL. A distinct possibility. -Q – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Silver Asiatic Querius @ 62 -- interesting response. The three-body problem is a side issue attempting to say that, like natural selection,... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Hanks By what scientific support do you base your continued assertions that changes in allele frequencies, also called random genetic drift,... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
jerry It’s not a process that is independent of the variables – as gravity is a constant force. Who said it... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Querius Bob O'H @56, Querius @ 52 – seeing as you hadn’t asked me any questions, of course I wouldn’t answer... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...