Carroll, Chalmers, and the Hard Problem: a Commentary, Part I

What is consciousness anyway? And how did it get here? How can 3 pounds of brain tissue create conscious experience? … More

Do Neurons Produce Consciousness?

Dan Dennett casts doubt on the idea that neurons produce anything other than further neural processes and behavior in a … More

What is the self? Do we have one? Do we need one? If you refer to “yourself,” are you referring … More

This is the last part of our freestyle excursion through John Heil’s fine essay. See Part I for some introductory … More

We are continuing our excursion through a modified version of John Heil’s article “The Mind-Body Problem”. See Part I for … More

Back to basics. Last year, we took a look at the introduction to John Heil’s excellent Philosophy of Mind (3rd ed, … More

Have you ever seen a ghost? If you did, would you think you were having a hallucination, or would you … More

Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks have been doing a nice job of creating a fun and thought provoking series of … More

Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks have been having an entertaining series of conversations in the on-line section of the New … More

In criminal trials, juries are often asked to figure out what kind of thought process was going on in the … More