Tag: Michael Levin
Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor
There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day.
Life Itself: In Michael Levin’s Platonism, Teleology Advances
This is a huge step by a leading contemporary academic scientist away from pure physicalism.
Plato’s Revenge: Mathematical Biologist Richard Sternberg Foresaw Major Developments in Biology
A new book traces the ideas of Dr. Sternberg, who offers rigorous scientific evidence that the true control center of life lies outside DNA.
New Article Calls for a Philosophical Revolution in Biology, Placing Mind Over Matter
Biology is directed by cognition. But the authors do not attempt to explain the source of cognition or how it originated.
Biologist Michael Levin Is at It Again, Now Pushing at the Mind-Brain Equation
When caterpillars are in their chrysalises, their brains physically dissolve (along with the rest of their bodies) and are rebuilt as butterfly brains.