Ebon Musings: A Ghost In The Machine EBON MUSINGS THE ATHEISM PAGES, FOUNDATIONAL ESSAY.A Ghost in the Machine The existence of the soul. http://www.ebonmusings.org/atheism/ghost.html
Extractions: The existence of the soul Part 1: Introduction / Where is the Soul Hiding? Central to many religions, both Eastern and Western, is the doctrine of the existence of the soul - a non-material essence, spirit or entity that inhabits and animates our bodies and is the cause and the source of consciousness, personality, free will, thoughts, ideas, feelings, emotions, memories, and the sense of self; in short, everything a person thinks of as "I". Theists believe that the soul survives the physical death of the body and goes on to whatever comes after death, be it an afterlife in Heaven or Hell or reincarnation in a new body. Naturally, as an atheist I reject this notion. As with all religious claims, I have found no evidence that would lead me to believe that it is true, and so I cannot in good conscience accept it. And if no good evidence for the soul exists, then the only remaining alternative is materialism - that the mind is not separate from the brain, but that it arises from and is produced by nothing more than neural activity within the brain. Simply stated, the mind is what the brain does. As a practical matter, it should be easy to judge between dualism and materialism, because unlike most religious doctrines, the notion of the soul is an idea that would seem to have testable consequences. Specifically, if the human mind is the product of a "ghost in the machine" and not simply the result of electrochemical interactions, then the mind should not be dependent on the configuration of the brain that houses it. In short, there should be aspects of the mind that owe nothing to the physical functioning of the brain.
Extractions: Gimenei Health Conditions and Diseases Neurological Disorders ... Brain Diseases Akinetic Mutism Baby Product: Baby Shade Stroller Cover - Double Size - I bought this to keep sun out of my little ones eyes when we're out running. Not only do the tabs not stick, as any toddler would, she protested being behind a curtain during when she just wanted to see the world. Wouldn't you?!
Thesis A CT scan of the brain was normal. The patient further evolved with akineticmutism to a coma. The patient died after disease duration of 7 months. http://neurobio-www.uia.ac.be/neurobio/CJD/thesis.htm
RSNA 2002 ARCHIVE SITE! The temporal changes of imaging studies were followed from the akineticmutism phase to the terminal stages of the disease. Before http://archive.rsna.org/index.cfm?ACTION=EVENT&id=66601&p_navID=272&em_id=310544
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