By jaminhubner on Feb 20, 2010 in Christian Neurophilosophy | 2 Comments
Figured I should just post it up…
Thesis Title (Draft): “Reformed Neurotheology: A Concise Biblical Theology of Cognition, Compared and Contrasted with Contemporary Neuroscience.”
The Current State of Affairs: Neurotech
The human brain is the most complex material structure in the known universe. For that reason, neuroscience is advancing and developing at a remarkable speed:
Animal Biotech
A monkey ate [...]
By jaminhubner on Feb 4, 2010 in Event Review, Neurological Anthropology: The Mind-Body Problem | 1 Comment
I just got back from the 2010 Desiring God Conference for Pastors.
First things first. The weather was horrible arriving to the conference. I’m convinced that if we had traveled two hours later this past Monday (Feb. 1), the slush and snow would have turned into ice and we wouldn’t have made it (at least without [...]
By jaminhubner on Jan 19, 2010 in Christian Neurophilosophy, Neurophilosophy: Consciousness, Cognition, and Self-ID | 0 Comments
The other night I finally watched Surrogates (2009) starring Bruce Willis. The story takes place several decades in the future and essentially portrays 21st century society as a giant “grid” of humanoid robots that take the place of natural human bodies. Through the advances of neuroscience, the human mind can control machines, and through more [...]
By jaminhubner on Jan 12, 2010 in Christian Neurophilosophy | 1 Comment
Excerpts from the mailbag:
…And because of the naturalistic worldview of the majority in my country (France, be merciful if my english is not fine…) or through the web, debate about the brain/mind relation arrived quite often. So, several times it crossed my mind that I have to know more about science in that domain.
Since it [...]
By jaminhubner on Oct 21, 2009 in Christian Neurophilosophy | 2 Comments
OK, to prep for the next upcoming and extremely controversial post on neurophilosophy (which is on information theory and cognition; both of which challenge the materialistic worldview just like logic does), it’s time for a quiz…
Please leave your comments in response to each of these questions:
1. What is information?
2. Is information material/physical?
3. What is a [...]
By jaminhubner on Oct 17, 2009 in Christian Neurophilosophy | 0 Comments
In line with the distinctive principles of RealApologetics.org, I’d like to present to you my original thoughts concerning Neurophilosophy. I understand the subject is not a very common one in theological or apologetic circles. However, I do believe it is and will become a far more important topic (and more threatening one) than Intelligent Design, [...]
By jaminhubner on Oct 15, 2009 in Neurophilosophy: Consciousness, Cognition, and Self-ID | 0 Comments
(Oct. 16, 2009) — By directly manipulating the activity of individual neurons, scientists have given flies memories of a bad experience they never really had, according to a report in the October 16th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.
Before looking at this subject a little more, perhaps I should remind readers of [...]