Philosophy
Since I've been interested in the philosphy of mind for some time already, I decided a few days ago that I should finally find a way to share my views on the subject - so here I am! I will try to write as much as I know and do my best to encourage you to develop your own ideas, recommend some interesting books, movies etc. I'll explain different theories of mind, show how they differ, what their flaws are...
In the next post I'll explain you the very basics of the philosophy of mind and write a short introduction to the mind-body problem... You'll see how the mind influences the body (and vice versa), assuming that you have your own mind at all - practically nothing is certain when it comes to philosophy!
I hope you'll enjoy the blog and I'd love to hear from you too!
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- The Strange Power Of The Placebo Effect
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Philosophy
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Welcome to my blog!
Since I've been interested in the philosphy of mind for some time already, I decided a few days ago that I should finally find a way to share my views on the subject - so here I am! I will try to write as much as I know and do my best to encourage you to develop your own ideas, recommend some interesting books, movies etc. I'll explain different theories of mind, show how they differ, what their flaws are...
In the next post I'll explain you the very basics of the philosophy of mind and write a short introduction to the mind-body problem... You'll see how the mind influences the body (and vice versa), assuming that you have your own mind at all - practically nothing is certain when it comes to philosophy!
I hope you'll enjoy the blog and I'd love to hear from you too!
- The Ethics Of Being An On-line Freerider
Farhad Manjoo has a wonderful article over at Slate entitled "Blocked Ads, Clean Conscience" in which he questions the moral status of ad blocking software. The ads on various websites are unwanted and disliked, but they are part of what allows the content...
- Mind/brain
Taught my middle school class yesterday and the kids went bananas over the mind/body problem. So, I figure, let's try it here. Are the mind and the brain the same thing?...
- Larceny Week: Gwydion On Dreams
One of the great things about having had a dear friend for thirty five years is that you can steal one of his really good blog posts and know that he won't get too angry at you. Now that Gwydion has taken his blog dark for a while, there's a wonderful...
- Property Dualism: Physicalism In Disguise?
Property dualism scheme Do you think it is possible to combine the physicalism (materialism) with the substance dualism? (If you don?t know the differences between these two check out the previous post.) For centuries people have tried to find common...
- The Strange Power Of The Placebo Effect
When it comes to the human body, it's taken a few millennia to have a pretty good understanding of the basic anatomy and physiology involved, but by now we do know many of the mechanisms at work. Here is a short history of the study of the nervous...