• A Crisis of Consciousness, Part One ---

    Do I think or does my brain think? - Is my joy I feel while passing my exams only a bio-chemical reaction in my brain? - Is love only a matter of a chemical bodily reaction to another being’s scent? - Is my jealousy only due to a misconfiguration in my brain? - Is paedophilia just a question of the wrong neurons firing in the wrong place? [...]

  • A Crisis of Consciousness, Part Two ---

    We have seen how Steven Pinker synthesizes the last decades of neurophysiological research and the theoretical problems philosophy has had with them.
    While addressing the Hard problem of consciousness Pinker neglected to offer the side of John Searle who had addressed physical reduction conscious states to neuronal patterns for quite a while now. This is the underlying problem with Pinker’s article. He simply picks what he likes and leaves out 50% (read 90%) out of the picture.[...]

  • A Crisis of Consciousness, Part Three ---

    I left off in my last post with the following question regarding Steven Pinker’s style in his latest article: Why? Where lies the reason for the continuous omissions of critical questioning of modern neuro-research findings? I will add another one here: What is he trying to accomplish? [...]

  • Matter and Consciousness ---

    In a time where every minute of every day is filled with chatter and noise, solitude and silence do seem like an endearing thing. And while silence and solitude are bound to connect us much more deeply to ourselves and the things that haunt us, work on us, make us laugh or cry, they - [...]

  • Solitude ---

    In a time where every minute of every day is filled with chatter and noise, solitude and silence do seem like an endearing thing. And while silence and solitude are bound to connect us much more deeply to ourselves and the things that haunt us, work on us, make us laugh or cry, they - [...]