Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (forthcoming) continues describing “the New Science of Morality” in Edge 325: And yet, on the subject of morality, we seem to think that the possibility of differing opinions, the fact that someone can come forward and say that his morality has nothing [...]

As I prepare to embark on, perhaps, a lifetime intellectual and spiritual journey of developing a Reformed philosophy of mind/a robust biblical neurotheology, I received one of my regular Edge updates (July 2010, #323) in my email inbox, and it almost had me floored. Why? Because it so vividly demonstrates how important it is for [...]

What’s cool: Dan Collet’s essay in John Frame’s Festschrift, Speaking the Truth in Love. For those who think that the transcendental argument for God’s existence is really nothing more than a spiffed up version of some formal, logical argument (i.e. reductio ad absurdum, modus ponens, etc,), you will be thoroughly challenged. What’s wise: “He must [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]