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Michael Egnor

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Denyse O'Leary
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September 25, 2019
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Human evolution, Mind
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Michael Egnor: Did consciousness “evolve”?

Denyse O'Leary
September 25, 2019
Human evolution, Mind
Michael Egnor: If consciousness is merely a property of the brain, it has no agency—no power to cause anything—in itself. Properties can’t do anything. For example, if you hit a nail with a yellow hammer, you hit it with the hammer, not with the yellow. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 21, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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Michael Egnor: Now Dr. Ali argues with Dr. Ali

Denyse O'Leary
July 21, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
In short, he argues that it’s no surprise that cutting the brain in half has no effect on abstract thought, and then he argues that delicate complexity and interconnection is essential for abstract thought. Dr. Ali is debating Dr. Ali. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 21, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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Michael Egnor: Why abstract thoughts cannot arise from material things

Denyse O'Leary
July 21, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Abstract thought is qualitatively different from concrete thought. To understand this, consider a chiliagon. A chiliagon is a closed regular polygon with 1000 sides. It is very simple to understand abstractly. However, it cannot be imagined concretely Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 29, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Medicine, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
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Researchers: Comatose people do show self-awareness

Denyse O'Leary
June 29, 2019
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
Michael Egnor: This study is consistent with the work of Wilder Penfield, who showed that higher-level abstract thought did not seem to arise from the brain in a material way. Read More ›