Is religion a universal in human culture or an academic invention?
If anything seems self-evident in human culture, it’s the widespread presence of religion. People...
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Category: Philosophy of Mind
Belief in supernatural beings is totally natural – and false
Human beings are remarkably prone to supernatural beliefs and, in particular, to beliefs in...
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Don’t worry about feeling sad: on the benefits of a blue period
In a Twitter account called So Sad Today, the American writer Melissa Broder has been sending out...
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Flip a switch and shut down seizures? New research suggests how to turn off out-of-control signaling in the brain
Rochelle Hines, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The brain is a precision instrument. Its function...
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Why advances in treating those with brain injuries require advances in respecting their rights
Joseph J. Fins, Cornell University Several years ago a father approached me, concerned about the...
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Picture this: why mental representations evolved
Let’s say you are offered a new job in a different city, and you need to figure out whether to...
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To my best belief: just what is the pragmatic theory of truth?
What is it for something to be true? One might think that the answer is obvious. A true belief...
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Extreme stress in childhood is toxic to your DNA
Daniel R. Weinberger, Johns Hopkins University The real danger of separating children from parents...
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Do you see a duck or a rabbit: what is aspect perception?
The duck-rabbit image above is one of the most iconic in philosophy – so iconic that a former...
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The emotion centre is the oldest part of the human brain: why is mood so important?
Genevieve Rayner, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health The brain is key to our...
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Does Pixar’s Inside Out show how memory actually works?
Jennifer Talarico, Lafayette College Disney/Pixar’s newest film, Inside Out, tells the story of...
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What the bleep do we know?
<blockquote>What do we know? What do we create? What have we bought into?</blockquote>...
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