Tag: soul
“Emergence” and the Soul
Emergence, as a perceptual surprise, can’t explain the mind because emergence presupposes the mind.
What the Craniopagus Twins Teach Us About the Mind and the Brain
Tatiana and Krista Hogan’s shared and individual powers of mind are just what Thomistic dualism predicts.
Bruce Buff and Robert Spitzer on All Hallows’ Eve — Materialism as Reality-Denial
“Is the soul real? Or is it just an old construct used to explain what a scientifically illiterate society could not?”
“Fully Realized” AI Will Remain Forever on the Horizon – And That’s a Good Thing
The human mind, unlike the human brain, is an immaterial entity, thus unrealizable by a material artifact like a computer.
Neuroscientist Michael Egnor on Thomas Aquinas and “A Map of the Soul”
Patients missing large parts of their brain tissue can lead normal lives because the material, the tissue, is not all there is to us.