The Evolution (or Not) of Consciousness
Quote:Did consciousness evolve? How do materialists deal with the definition of consciousness? Dr. Michael Egnor and Dr. Bernardo Kastrup discuss consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design.
Show NotesAdditional Resources
- 00:28 | Introducing Dr. Bernardo Kastrup
- 01:05 | Did consciousness evolve?
- 03:35 | Two alternatives for Darwinists
- 05:00 | Intelligent design theory
- 07:15 | Jerry Fodor on natural selection
- 10:52 | Random mutations
- 13:31 | Intelligent design evolution
- Bernardo Kastrup’s website
- Jerry Fodor at Wikipedia
- What Darwin Got Wrong by Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatteli-Palmarini at Amazon
Podcast Transcript
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
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- Bertrand Russell
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