Category Archives: Mind

Sam Harris on The Moral Landscape (TED talk of the week)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Well, it finally happened. In multiple posts in the past I have defended Sam Harris and his efforts towards a scientific morality. I have done this even though I have never seen him speak or read a word of his … Continue reading →

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Dan Dennett on our Consciousness (TED talk of the week)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Last week, I linked to Antonio Damasio’s TED talk in which he spoke about his theory for how “self comes to mind” to generate consciousness. This week, we get a different picture of consciousness, from Dan Dennett. Dennett has two … Continue reading →

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Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness (TED talk of the week)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

This week’s TED talk is by Antonio Damasio, a neuroscientist who is most well known for his book, Descartes Error, and his research on the importance of emotions to cognition.  In the talk, Damasio describes consciousness as the combination of your mind, which … Continue reading →

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Can Evangelical Theology Evolve with Science

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

I just saw this post by Brandon Withrow on the Huffington Post. It’s a nice recap of what’s been in the news regarding science and Evangelicalism in the last couple of months, but it’s the last paragraphs that I want to note. … Continue reading →

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Risk/reward of objectifying the personal

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

Can science address the personal? In studying the subjective objectively, have we reduced it beyond recognition? Two loosely related excerpts to ponder on this fine Saturday… one from philosophy, the other from biology. John Polkinghorne in Beyond Science: The Wider … Continue reading →

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The “mind” is a hot topic now, huh?

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

I just read this review of 3 new books that came out from a trio of leading neuroscientists on the brain and mind. I posted on Twitter: These books look interesting. Anyone reading and responding that engages with theology? Hmm… … Continue reading →

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