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Denyse O'Leary

Canadian author

Denyse O'Leary

BornMarch 31, 1950

Saskatchewan

OccupationAuthor

Denyse O'Leary (born March 31, 1950) is a Canadian author, blogger and freelance journalist. She is an advocate of mind-body dualism and the pseudoscientific concept of intelligent design.[1][2][3]

Biography

O'Leary was born in Saskatchewan to John Patrick and Blanche Aurore.[4] She obtained a B.A. in English language and literature from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1971.[4]

O'Leary has written for the Catholic Education Resource Center, Salvo, The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star.[5][6][7]

In 2008, she co-authored with Mario BeauregardThe Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul, which criticizes reductive materialism and proposed the existence of a non-material self, or soul.[8][9] The book argues that religious and spiritual experiences cannot be reduced wholly to neurological functioning.[10] Beauregard and O’Leary argue that the brain "is not the mind; it is an organ suitable for connecting a mind to the rest of the universe".[10]

Intelligent design

O'Leary is an advocate of the pseudoscientific concept of intelligent design.[1] She is a blogger at the Discovery Institute websites Evolution News, Mind Matters and Uncommon Descent.[7][11]

O'Leary has been criticized for quoting out of context.[12]PZ Myers has described O'Leary as the "biggest, most ignorant idiot at the Discovery Institute".[13]

Personal life

She married Joseph Alexander Handler in 1970; they divorced in 1987.[4] She is a former Evangelical Anglican who converted to Catholicism.[4][11] She is a member of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.[11]

Selected publications

  • Faith@Science: Why Science Needs Faith in the Twenty-First Century (2001)
  • Intelligent Design: Beyond Creation vs. Evolution (2002)
  • By Design or By Chance? The Growing Controversy on the Origins of Life in the Universe (2004)
  • The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul (with Mario Beauregard, 2008)[8]

References

  1. ^ abMesner, Douglas Alexander (2008). "The Ghost in the Machine". Skeptic. 14 (2): 72.
  2. ^Gefter, Amanda (2008). "Creationists declare war over the brain". New Scientist. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023.
  3. ^Gefter, Amanda (2009). "How to spot a hidden religious agenda". New Scientist.
  4. ^ abcd"O'Leary, Denyse 1950-". Contemporary Authors.
  5. ^"Catholic Education Resource Center". 2024. Archived from the original on September 27, 2024.
  6. ^"Denyse O'Leary". HarperCollins. 2024. Archived from the original on September 27, 2024.
  7. ^ ab"Denyse O'Leary". Salvo. 2024. Archived from the original on September 27, 2024.
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  9. ^Stauffer, Jeff (2008). "The Spiritual Brain". Denver Journal. 11: 1.
  10. ^ abHassert, Derrick (2008). "The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul". Christian Scholar's Review. 47 (4): 499–501.
  11. ^ abc"ACS Podcast: Catholic Journalist Covers Faith & Science Beat Amid Its Hazards". Anglicanorum Coetibus Society. 2021. Archived from the original on September 27, 2024.
  12. ^Myers, PZ (2023). "The vortex of madness that is Denyse O'Leary". Freethought Blogs. Archived from the original on September 27, 2024.
  13. ^Myers, PZ (2023). "The appalling inanity of Denyse O'Leary". Freethought Blogs. Archived from the original on September 27, 2024.