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Does our perception of the world reflect reality? Solving the problem of consciousness

Philip Goff | 
When I see red, it’s the most religious experience. Seeing red just results from photons of a certain frequency hitting ...
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Viewpoint: Did this philosopher disprove evolutionary psychology? ‘No—certainly not’

Jerry Coyne | 
Subrena Smith, an assistant professor of philosophy at The University of New Hampshire, has made a bold claim in the ...
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Free will doesn’t exist? Why we shouldn’t be swayed by this ‘flawed experiment’

Steve Taylor | 
One of the most fervent of late 19th century materialists, T.H. Huxley, described human beings as “conscious automata” with no ...
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‘Genealogical anxiety’ and why questioning the genesis of your core beliefs ‘can liberate you’

John Horgan | 
I recently encountered a term for a syndrome that has bugged me since childhood: genealogical anxiety. The phrase was coined by ...
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Experiencing self-awareness: How children discover who they are

John Horgan | 
[I remember] when I first became self-conscious, aware of myself as something weird, distinct from the rest of the world, ...
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Do humans have free will? Neuroscientists seek solution to this ‘philosophical puzzle’

Brian Gallagher | 
Clinical neuroscientists and neurologists have identified the brain networks responsible for this sense of free will. There seems to be ...
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Why the Enlightenment wasn’t so enlightened after all

Henry Martyn Lloyd | 
We view the Enlightenment period as a period of rationalism and reason, but this is far from the truth ...
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Is conscious thought just an illusion?

Peter Carruthers, Steve Ayan | 
Philosopher Peter Carruthers insists that conscious thought, judgment and volition are illusions. … [Carruthers:] Thoughts such as decisions and judgments ...
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