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Spinoza Contemporaries
From Rembrandt to Spinoza, the Golden Age of the Netherlands casts its long shadow into the 21st century. Candle light flickered and the sand in the timer flowed silently but he barely noticed, he was… more →
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Self Comes to Mind
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wrote 4 months ago: Antonio Damasio’s Self Comes to Mind is a modern retake on the biological basis, or neural cor … more →
Chalmers and Damasio
wrote 4 months ago: I am currently reading David Chalmers’ The Conscious Mind. In reading, I am finding parallels … more →
A Critical Reading of Metzinger (MA thesis)
wrote 4 months ago: pdf available here Abstract The thesis looks into the philosophical value and tenability of Thomas M … more →
Book Review: Antonio Damasio "Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain"
wrote 5 months ago: Book Review: Antonio Damasio “Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain” Anyo … more →
What use is in a mind? None at all!
wrote 6 months ago: A problem that has puzzled thinkers for millennia is the question of how we came to have the minds w … more →
World Thinkers' Ideas - Panic and Icy Roads
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wrote 7 months ago: Have you ever driven on icy roads and slammed the brakes? The best approach to icy roads is to avoid … more →
Subjectivity of our existence
wrote 8 months ago: As computer users, we are all familiar with the “sleep” or “hibernate” funct … more →
"The Psychoanalytic Review" Special Issue: On the Frontiers of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience: Essays in Honor of Eric R. Kandel
wrote 8 months ago: For the few lucky of you who have access to “The Psychoanalytic Review”, the latest Spec … more →
Curating Knowledge Issues
wrote 9 months ago: For part 1 of my summer assignment for TOK, I was asked to curate an item that deals with knowledge … more →
Extended identities and the new ethics
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wrote 10 months ago: Extended Identities and the ethics of tomorrow The person I am “inside”, the person you are “inside” … more →
Damasio and the role of Feelings
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wrote 11 months ago: In the future, there will not be a vast gulf between those who pursue knowledge of themselves throu … more →
Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness
wrote 1 year ago: Antonio Damasio is a leader in understanding the biological origin of consciousness. He also argues … more →
Writing The Body: The Autobiographical Self
wrote 1 year ago: In class, we were asked the following question, “How might writing change our perceptions of t … more →
Damasio on Consciousness
wrote 1 year ago: Author and scientist Antonio Damasio gives a presentation in this TED video about consciousness. Dam … more →
Spinoza Contemporaries
wrote 1 year ago: From Rembrandt to Spinoza, the Golden Age of the Netherlands casts its long shadow into the 21st cen … more →
All your clicks are belong to me!
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve recently read Susan Weinschenk’s Neuro Web Design: What makes them click? I liked t … more →
Neuroscience: Descartes, Damasio, and Darwin
wrote 1 year ago: The clinical neurophysiologist Antonio Damasio has written a very good and important book called … more →
Autism, Gabrielle Giffords and the Neuroscience Behind "The Singing Therapy"
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wrote 1 year ago: After a slightly more peaceful week than I’ve had in a year or so, it is time to get back to t … more →
