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The Mind’s Dependency on the Brain? Bryan Appleyard on the Final Frontier of Atheism v. Theism
Two years ago, journalist Bryan Appleyard wrote an interesting review of The Spiritual Brain, a book by neuroscientist Mario Beauregard, and started his review this way: Neuroscience is a combat zone. It is here, in the human brain, that the final conflict … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, biology, body, brain, mind, philosophy, psychology, science, theism
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Atheism, Philosophy, Near Death Experiences, and Causal Dependency
In terms of atheism and philosophy, a big issue that near death experiences (NDEs) drive us to confront is what we think about the causal dependency of the mind upon the brain. In British philosopher Keith Ward’s exceptional book, Why There … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, apologetics, atheism, atheist, death, jerry coyne, keith ward, near-death experiences, philosophy, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, science
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What I Think about Near Death Experiences (NDEs)
For the past couple of weeks now, I’ve been reading and thinking about NDEs as a phenomenon, and if I were forced to bet, I think that the near death experience is real. In other words, it’s probably more than … Continue reading
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