We have a responsibility to balance the known and the unknowable By Ben Callif The ideas in this article are based on this video, Subjectivity and Objectivity by The Paradox Perspective. It may pain you to hear this if you are scientifically...
Neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey vs. Philosopher Daniel Dennett By Paul Austin Murphy Left: Nicholas Humphrey (source). Right: Daniel Dennett (source) It can be argued that the exact antithesis of Daniel Dennett’s position on consciousness is put...
By Georgeann Sack Can we close the explanatory gap between the brain and experience? In a truly excellent review published in Frontiers in Psychology, authors Todd E. Feinberg and Jon Mallatt explain why conscious experience is so hard to...
By Paul Austin Murphy Source i) Introductionii) The Quantum Scale and the Large Scaleiii) The Brain and Quantum Gravityiv) Daniel Dennett’s Quantum Carv) Microtubules Throughout Roger Penrose’s writings on the brain, consciousness, physics and...
By Ted Wade You can’t tell an elephant what to do. Source: Ted D. Wade William James said (1892) we have a “stream of consciousness.” One thought after another. Research agrees that what you think changes rapidly, but you can’t focus your...
By Georgeann Sack Making a mandala out of sand. By Paolo_Toffanin Ideas from psychology and astronomy help me visualize and define my concept of self Once in a great while, something we read changes the way we think about ourselves. One new...
By Georgeann Sack Everything is physical, even the mind Historically, consciousness has been called mind, or soul. Consciousness is the subjective experience of being alive. To this day, many believe that while the body is physical, consciousness is...
By Georgeann Sack By FRANKHILDEBRAND. I think we can understand consciousness It seems fitting, at the start of this effort to understand consciousness, to begin by reviewing the frequently referenced essay by philosopher Thomas Nagel, “What is...