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Intelligence, Consciousness and Soul, oh my; Sy Montgomery's "The Soul of an Octopus"

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Intelligence, Consciousness and Soul, oh my; Sy Montgomery's "The Soul of an Octopus"
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RE: Intelligence, Consciousness and Soul, oh my; Sy Montgomery's "The Soul of an Octopus"
January 30, 2016 at 11:22 am
The bottom-up only notion that consciousness is generated by neural substrates earns its lunch be virtue of being a natural explanation, the only kind under consideration by academic science. You might be able to stir up some interest in a top down, supernatural to natural kind of explanation in the theology wing of academia. But natural explanations are the only kind which fall within the domain of science.
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RE: Intelligence, Consciousness and Soul, oh my; Sy Montgomery's "The Soul of an Octopus" - by Whateverist - January 30, 2016 at 11:22 am

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