The brain in a jar is a different inquiry than traditional questions about artificial intelligence. The brain in a jar asks whether thinking requires a thinker. The possibility of artificial ...

Unlike Western dualism, which is between mind and matter, Samkhyan dualism is between self and matter—with “matter” encompassing most of what Westerners would consider “mind” (intellect, ego, emotions ...

In recent literature on the metaphysics of consciousness, and in particular on the prospects of physicalism, there are two interesting strands of discussion. One strand concerns the so-called ‘thesis ...

The more physics we know, the less we are sure of the nature of reality.” That is the insight of scholars operating at the intersection of philosophy and science, precisely where Bruce Gordon stakes ...

A large number of women who have been the victims of sexual violence (rape or childhood sexual abuse), and whose bodies have been made into objects and have been the sites of terrible traumas and ...

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Some books may fairly be called intimidating. They seem to attest to their own authority and almost defy the reader to question their judgments. Such a work is “The Reopening of the Western Mind” by ...

I graduated from Lyon College with a BA in Psychology and minors in French and Religion and Philosophy. I have previously worked in private security and with the Federal Probation and Pretrial ...

Bing Shuo graduated from Wuhan University with a BA in Philosophy. He is primarily interested in some topics in philosophy of language, metaphysics and philosophy of science. Outside of philosophy, he ...

Last month the CSU Bakersfield Philosophy Club, which is run by students, asked me to come out of retirement and lecture on the afterlife, my longtime academic specialty. The enthusiastic organizer, ...