Tag: "philosophy of mind"

What Did Mary Know?

Marina Gerner on a thought experiment about consciousness.
[Issue 99: November/December 2013: Articles]

How Old is the Self?

Frank S. Robinson takes issue with Julian Jaynes’ argument about the self.
[Issue 97: July/August 2013: The Self]

Good News from Neurology – But Don’t Get The Wrong Idea

Francis Fallon thinks about the difficulty of deciphering thought in the brain.
[Issue 97: July/August 2013: Articles]

The Zombie Threat to a Science of Mind

Philip Goff discusses a thought-experiment about consciousness.
[Issue 96: May/June 2013: Zombies & Philosophy]

Wasps on Autopilot

Katharine Merow asks what’s buzzing around in the head of the Sphex wasp.
[Issue 96: May/June 2013: Articles]

J.J.C. Smart (1920-2012)

Graham Nerlich remembers an amiable and versatile Australian philosopher.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013: Obituary]

Where Is My Itch?

Raymond Tallis is itching to find out.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013: Tallis in Wonderland]

On ‘Known-To-Be-False’ Materialist Philosophies of Mind

Graham Smetham argues that since quantum mechanics tells us that matter is dependent on the observer, the mind can’t be reduced to the brain.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012: Articles]

A Dialogue on Metaphysics

Dale Jacquette listens in on an argument about what can be deduced from the fact of our experience of a complex world.
[Issue 92: September/October 2012: Articles]

Hallucinatory Experience & Religion Formation

Shawn Harte considers how hallucination might be mistaken for the supernatural.
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Articles]