
Discussing the Cartesian Error
Mind Matters
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The Heilomorphic Aristotelian Thomistic Perspective
I came to Thomistic dualism because in neuroscience, I believe there's a very, very clear distinction between abstract thought and concrete thought. And that falls right out of the Heilomorphic Aristotelian Thomistic way of understanding the soul. The idealist perspective, I think, falls very powerfully out of modern physics, particularly quantum mechanics. Many years ago, it just took my breath away when it was pointed out that there's no such thing as an individual electron.
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