Tag: Brain
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Book review. The Matter With Things
You are probably familiar with the idea that the two sides of our brains are responsible for different functions of our personality. For example, that our left hemisphere is more analytical, maths-oriented, more reasoning and ordered, whilst the right side is more creative, artistic, intuitive. Well this popular idea that our personalities are more dominated…
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Essay: who is it that experiences?
In this short essay, Dr Graham Stew probes the origins of all those thoughts, sensations and perceptions that constitute the lived fabric of our day to day reality. The tool he uses is Phenomenology, a branch of philosophy concerned with methodically exploring our inner subjective world via introspection. Right now, I am conscious of a Mozart…
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Brain volume and consciousness
The accepted view of mainstream science is that our sense of self originates somewhere inside our brain. That our consciousness is an epiphenomenon (or result) of the neural activity within our brain. However, to date there is absolutely no empirical evidence that explains exactly how this might occur. Interestingly, there are some fascinating case reports (like the…
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