By jaminhubner on Sep 23, 2010 in Critique of The Consensus Statement, Ethics, Law, and Foreign Policy, Neurophilosophy: Consciousness, Cognition, and Self-ID | Comments Off
The Eight Commandments of Atheistic Ethics (better known as the 8 points of the 2010 Consensus Statement on morality) begins with the following: 1) Morality is a natural phenomenon and a cultural phenomenon Like language, sexuality, or music, morality emerges from the interaction of multiple psychological building blocks within each person, and from the interactions [...]
By jaminhubner on Sep 2, 2010 in Atheism, Critique of "New Science of Morality", Neurophilosophy: Consciousness, Cognition, and Self-ID | Comments Off
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 [...]
By jaminhubner on Jan 19, 2010 in Christian Neurophilosophy, Neurophilosophy: Consciousness, Cognition, and Self-ID | Comments Off
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 | Comments Off
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. [...]
By jaminhubner on Oct 15, 2009 in Neurophilosophy: Consciousness, Cognition, and Self-ID | Comments Off
(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 [...]
By jaminhubner on Sep 19, 2009 in Christian Neurophilosophy, Science | Comments Off
As many of you (don’t) know, my Master’s thesis for Bethel Seminary is about how the advances of neuroscience are challenging Christian theologians, law makers, and apologists’ understanding of what it means to be human, to make choices, and to bear God’s image (due February of 2011). My first ultimate academic goal, Lord willing, is [...]
