Tag: mind
It’s Becoming Clearer that the Mind Is Not the Brain
The “science of consciousness” not only has no workable materialist theory but it’s unclear what such a theory should look like or explain.
Reconsidering David Hume’s Critique of Design Thinking
There is no sense in which we can say that Hume destroyed the intellectual coherence of design thinking. William Paley could already see this in 1802.
Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design
Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics.
The Philosopher Wins: There’s No Consciousness Spot in the Brain
After a 25-year search, dualist philosopher David Chalmers won the bet with neuroscientist Christof Koch.
Thank God for Quantum Mechanics
An example of how quantum effects permit life as we know it operates in the nuclear furnace of the Sun.