Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Brain Science Podcast
I recently discovered Dr. Ginger Campbell's brain science podcast. Her most recent episode was a review of a book by Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown (professors at Fuller Theological Seminary). The book "Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?", is an interesting analysis of the latest brain science and a philosophical discussion of freewill, moral responsibility, and emergence theory. I've written about Nancey Murphy's work before so I couldn't resist this podcast. I'm hooked! The podcast can a bit heady (how's that for a nice pun?), but Dr. Campbell does a great job of clearly unpacking terms like reductionism, dualism, physicalism, materialism, monism, and emergence theory.
Enjoy!
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I am glad that you enjoyed the podcast. I would love to interview Murphy but my attempts to work through the PR person at Fuller feel through.
By the way, one of my atheist listeners went off on a tirade in the Discussion Forum. I would love to have some Christian input at http://brainscienceforum.com/
While I am not a believer myself, I respect progressive Christians who don't feel the need to reject science. In this book, Murphy and Brown did a great job of showing that free will could emerge from our neurobiology.
Thanks for stopping by Dr. Campbell. Your show has been a treat.
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