Atheist Philosopher and Christian Neurosurgeon Debate Materialism Michael Egnor vs David Papineau
Thomistic dualist neurosurgeon Michael Egnor argues from logic, qualia, intentionality and seizure evidence that the intellect is immaterial, while physicalist David Papineau counters that causal closure leaves dualism nowhere to act and that positing soul-stuff merely relabels the mystery.
consciousness · dualism · materialism · materialism and physicalism · neuroscience · philosophy of mind
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