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X-WR-CALNAME:The Immortal Mind:  A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence 
 of the Soul: A talk given by Michael Egnor\, MD  Professor of Neurosurgery
   Stony Brook University 
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DESCRIPTION:The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of
  the Soul\n \n\nAlthough classical philosophers and theologians affirmed t
 he existence and immortality of the human soul\, modern neuroscientists ge
 nerally deny that the soul exists or that it is a proper object for scient
 ific study. The scientific evidence\, however\, suggests that the soul doe
 s exist and that it may be studied using the methods of science. It is com
 mon experience in neurosurgical practice that the correlation between ment
 al states and brain states is not nearly as close as is presumed in neuros
 cience textbooks. Furthermore\, over the past century much seminal researc
 h in neuroscience suggests that while homeostasis\, arousal\, movement\, p
 erception\, memory and emotion are clearly generated by brain function\, r
 eason and free will are not generated by the brain. Reason and free will a
 re never spontaneously evoked by seizures or by direct brain stimulation i
 n awake patients. Research on patients who have undergone split brain surg
 ery shows that the capacity for reason is not altered by separation of the
  brain hemispheres. Conjoined twins who share brain structures remain sepa
 rate people with separate capacities for reason and free will. Important r
 esearch on free will by several investigators shows an immaterial capacity
  to choose based on reason that does not appear to be generated by the bra
 in. Extensive research on near death experiences supports the conclusion t
 hat the mind can function during complete loss of brain function. \n\nThe 
 existence and nature of the soul is perhaps the most important thing about
  us. The best framework to understand the mind-brain relationship in moder
 n neuroscience is that of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. Neuroscience c
 learly points to the existence of the human soul and its survival after de
 ath.\n\n \n\nDr. Michael Egnor is Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
  and Neurosurgery Residency Director at Renaissance School of Medicine in 
 Stony Brook New York. He attended medical school at the Columbia College o
 f Physicians and Surgeons and completed residency training in neurosurgery
  at the University of Miami. He has been on faculty at Stony Brook Univers
 ity since 1991. He does research on brain blood flow and cerebrospinal flu
 id dynamics and has published and lectured extensively on scientific and p
 hilosophical topics. He is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s 
 Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence and is co-author with Denys
 e O’Leary of the new book The Immortal Mind: a Neurosurgeon’s Case for
  the Existence of the Soul published by Worthy Books.  \n\n \n\n \n\nSpons
 ored by the Heterodox Academy Campus Community at Cornell University and C
 hesterton House.
LOCATION:Myron Taylor Hall\, 186
SUMMARY:The Immortal Mind:  A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of th
 e Soul: A talk given by Michael Egnor\, MD  Professor of Neurosurgery  Sto
 ny Brook University 
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 geons-case-for-the-existence-of-the-soul-a-talk-given-by-michael-egnor-md-
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