03Oct 2025 by Post

John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

Baylor University, brain, ChatGPT, Chinese Room argument, computation, Computational Sciences, conscious states, Daniel Vanderveken, digestion, Discovery Institute Press, epistemic objectivity, Expression and Meaning, Foundations of Illocutionary Logic, John Searle, language, Minding the Brain, Neuroscience & Mind, ontic dualism, ontological idealism, ontology, philosophy, prose, qualitativeness, Science and Culture Today, scientism, Speech Acts, subjectivity, The Construction of Social Reality, The Nature of Nature, Unity, William Dembski
Searle’s most famous argument is undoubtedly the Chinese Room argument, first presented in his essay “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980). Source
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30May 2025 by Post

The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

Artificial Intelligence, brain chemistry, Creativity, Engineering, Eric Holloway, Ideas, information, Intelligent Design, Meaning, Mind Matters News, Minding the Brain, natural intelligence, natural processes, Neuroscience & Mind, novels, Pat Flynn, random processes, Robert J. Marks, speeches
Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Source
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20Apr 2025 by Post

Are “Mind” and “Brain” the Same Thing?

Angus Menuge, animals, Artificial Intelligence, bacon, Benjamin Libet, brain, C. elegans, ChatGPT, computer, Denyse O'Leary, determinism, Dogs, free will, free won't, human exceptionalism, Humanize, large language models, machines, Medicine, Michael Egnor, mind, Minding the Brain, neural mechanisms, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, philosophy, Podcast, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, Wesley J. Smith
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor passionately argues that denying free will undermines moral responsibility and paves the way for totalitarian ideologies. Source
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21Mar 2024 by Post

A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

atheists, brain, Bruce Greyson, cancel culture, cardiac patients, death, dementia, dissertation, dying, Gary Habermas, imminent death, Kristle Merzlock, Mark Shelvock, medical interventions, Medicine, Minding the Brain, Monika Mandoki, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, philosophers, Psychology Today, Research, terminal lucidity, University of Western Ontario
Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Source
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23Nov 2023 by Post

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

academia, brain, Darwinism, Evolution, Fornace, gratitude, Harvard University, ID movement, Intelligent Design, Italy, James Tour, Lee Cronin, materialism, matter, Michael Denton, mind, Minding the Brain, origin of life, Scuola di Filosofia di Fornace, Thanksgiving, The Miracle of Man
One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Source
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11Oct 2023 by Post

Are Near-Death Experiences Science Now?

After Death, Angel Studios, Angels, Bruce Greyson, Carol Zaleski, death, experiencers, Faith & Science, Gary Habermas, Heaven, immortality, Jesus, Medicine, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, neurosurgeons, nurses, Otherworld Journey, Oxford University Press, psychiatrists, shoelaces, spaghetti, The Human Soul
The laughter has died down? Good. It was modern medicine — not religion — that created the hard evidence for credible near-death experiences. Source
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