An evidence-based critical review of the mind-brain identity theory
In the philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and psychology, the causal relationship between phenomenal consciousness, mentation, and brain states has always been a matter of debate.
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Philosophy
A collection of 481 articles
Ultimately, the Netherlands has no actual constitution—Part 1
This article is a translation of what was originally published a separate Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 in the Dutch Reformed newsletter Gereformeerd Venster. Footnotes have been removed for international readability; several of them, available from the above links, contain useful further reading matter. The author has also
Behind Their Green Mask – The Government Proposes Legislation to Criminalise Disagreeing With Net Zero
We should have listened to Rosa Koire back in 2011 when she warned that “The Green Mask must be removed from those who have hijacked the environmental movement.” This is true of many of the issues we are experiencing but particularly today as the UK Government introduced legislation related to
The Metaphysical as a Rational Option
One thing I believe my bent toward metaphysics has prepared me for is when something that falls into the realm of the “unseen” then becomes “seen,” I don’t freak out.
The Tyranny of Cause and Effect Scientism
The rape of the natural world is the phallic-like invasion of scientism.
Embodied Alchemy: Touch the Universe
The human body is a marvel of creation, a perfect system of interconnected parts that function together to help us survive and thrive.
The embodied mind in motion: a neuroscientific and philosophical perspective on prevention and therapy of dementia
The embodied mind in motion is a concept in which health and well-being, prevention and therapy, as well as lifestyle and habits meet.
Ultimately, the Netherlands has no actual constitution—Part 2: Arbitrary Rule
In the first part of this two-part article on the Dutch 'constitution', I pointed out its strongly relativistic nature. We saw that it is subjectivist, irrationalist popular sovereignty, wanting to be like God, that governs minds. If such a mind is at work in a people, such a people is
Creating a World of Distrust
I remember a time when people were left to their own devices when determining what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
Remember “Bat Boy?” A strange Weekly World News (sister tabloid to the National Enquirer) creation set to terrorize and dismay. Did anyone really believe this? I doubt
No one is crowing now
Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger:
It is the first time the crows did not come in the morning.
Killing Us Softly
We have, for quite some time, been exposed to a myriad of silent killers.
Death by Pixels
I am living out my days in what once was a forested community but now a growing suburbia of machines and city noise.
There Is No Escape From Telling
By the lake’s lapping shore above the town and the railroad tracks, my wife and I stopped and marveled, struck stone silent by two dazzling Baltimore Orioles, clawed together as they tumbled, wrestling in the green morning breeze above our heads. They perched upon a branch and sang a
Art Equals Human—Not Anymore
When I was a young lad of 11, I was fascinated with computers, or what little there was of them at the time.
Positive Thinking
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
I keep trying to feel good, and I try to see the good in my life, the things that I am grateful for, and the beauty all around me.
I don’t think I have a problem with this, as long as it doesn’
