Dr. Michael Egnor and Dr. Bruce Gordon discuss quantum mechanics, the nature of reality, idealism and how to interpret the finding of modern neuroscience. Prepare to cover a lot of ground on this Mind Matter News Bingecast.

Show Notes

• 00:00:43 | Introducing Dr. Bruce Gordon
• 00:02:00 | Idealism
• 00:03:37 | Plato’s theory of forms
• 00:05:08 | Kantian idealism
• 00:09:17 | Panpsychism and cosmopsychism
• 00:12:31 | What is a mental thing?
• 00:18:12 | The mind-dependent character of reality
• 00:24:08 | What counts as a measurement?
• 00:29:29 | The phenomenon of non-localizability of individual particles
• 00:31:25 | The quantum Cheshire Cat phenomenon
• 00:34:08 | The idealist perspective
• 00:38:01 | Wrapping in Aristotelian and Thomistic thought
• 00:41:00 | Idealism as the most satisfactory metaphysical perspective
• 00:45:06 | Thomism and modern neuroscience
• 00:49:47 | Near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences
• 00:52:09 | Idealism versus St. Thomas Aquinas
• 01:01:56 | Split-brain surgery patients
• 01:04:48 | The animal soul

Additional Resources

• Dr. Bruce Gordon at Discovery.org
• Dr. Michael Egnor at Discovery.org
• George Berkeley, philosopher, scientist, and Anglican bishop
• Plato, classical philosopher
• Immanuel Kant, 18th century philosopher
• Franz Brentano, 19th century philosopher
• “Aquinas’ Fifth Way: The Proof from Specification” by Michael Egnor at Evolution News
• N. David Mermin, physics professor at Cornell University
• Werner Heisenberg, German theoretical physicist
• Roger Scruton, British philosopher
• Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon
• Pam Reynolds, near-death experience surgery patient
• Roger Sperry, neuroscientist