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

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. 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 DualismGary W. Moon, Becoming Dallas Willard: The Formation of a Philosopher, Teacher, and Christ FollowerThinking Christianly Episode #6: What is Human Flourishing and How Do We Achieve it?