TakeawayIf you're familiar with the gut-brain axis, you're likely aware of the growing body of scientific research around the idea of the mind-body connection. We continue to learn more and more about ...

The idea that the mind is an individual entity and psychological suffering is something gone wrong inside of us is flawed. We ...

The result of the study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on those people who completely relied on ...

The age-old mind-matter problem is explored through Western dualism, contrasting views like physicalism, and Hindu perspectives where the mind is subtle matter. Hindu thought emphasizes the mind's ...

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 ...

René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?

Dr. Justice Chandradasa Nanayakkara, who makes valuable contributions to Buddhist literature in these columns, has written ...

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 ...

Such a work is “The Reopening of the Western Mind” by the English historian Charles Freeman, an account of European ideas from the fourth to the 17th centuries.

“Gil Harman was a towering figure in American philosophy and a defining figure in philosophy at Princeton,” said Gideon Rosen, the S tuart Professor of Philosophy and department chair.His ...