Showing posts with label Dualism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dualism. Show all posts
Dead Vs Brain-Dead
Tom Rees has posted the results of an interesting study concerning the understanding of death and how it relates to the brain. Some of the results were quite surprising.
An Effective Rebuttal To Dualism
Steven Novella has posted a lengthy rebuttal to his creationist neurosurgeon (yes, being highly educated doesn't automatically mean you are rational) nemesis Michael Egnor regarding the brain and the mind.
More On Free Will
Jerry Coyne has posted more on free will. Here he discusses Eric MacDonald's defense of free will.
Consciousness, Emotion And Decision-Making
Dr. Antonio Damasio is interviewed by the LA Times regarding his new book Self Comes To Mind. It is a fairly brief piece, but presents an overview of the latest research into a fascinating field of study. Such research shows that much of our decision-making process is based on unconscious emotions and not conscious activity of the cerebral cortex. So much for free will.
Why Dualism Is Very Unlikely
PZ Myers has posted comments by a physicist and added his comments from a biologist's perspective regarding the relationship between the mind and the body.
Richard Carrier: Why I Am Not A Christian
The Secular Web website has a lengthy post from 2006 by Richard Carrier within which he states why he is not a Christian. Even though it is very long, it contains some facts that this blogger was not aware of and it includes many of the usual arguments against Christianity presented in an unusual manner.
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
Austin Cline has posted a book review of Susan Blackmore's Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction.
A Case For At Least Partial Free Will?
The Information Philosopher website has an interesting article on Free Will, which weaves quantum mechanics and indeterminism into a two-stage model of "partial" Free Will.
This post by Sam Harris compares his and Daniel Dennett's understanding of the subject.
This post by Sam Harris compares his and Daniel Dennett's understanding of the subject.
Is God an Accident?
Paul Bloom, in a recent article in Atlantic Magazine, makes a compelling case that the concept of god is very much ingrained in humanity through the accident of evolution. What does this mean for the argument that people can be easily "reasoned" away from it?
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