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#38 – “Neurotheology’s Wrong Conclusion About What We Are”: Chapter 4 of Have We Lost Our Minds?

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In this episode, we continue our series by engaging Chapter 4 of Stan’s new book, Have We Lost Our Minds?: Neuroscience, Neurotheology, the Soul, and Human Flourishing. 

We discuss:

  • Why neurotheologians are mistaken about our true nature.
  • Why it isn’t possible to reduce mental properties to physical events.
  • How we should understand our unity through time.
  • How the modal argument helps us understand identity.
  • Why non-reductive physicalism or “emergence” is of no help to the physicalist position.
  • What a “brute fact” is.
  • What did Dallas Willard meant when he talked about the nature of the body.
  • Thoughts on human flourishing and why it matters.

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    Resources and Citations:

    • Find out more about Have We Lost Our Minds?
    • Get the introduction to the book for free on the Global Scholars website.
    • A printable group discussion guide can be found here.
    • P. Moreland, “Substance Dualism and the Unity of Consciousness”: The Blackwell Companion to Substance Dualism
    • Gary W. Moon, Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ Follower
    • Thinking Christianly Episode #6: What is Human Flourishing and How Do We Achieve it?
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