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Neuroscience is pre-paradigmatic. Consciousness is why


Consciousness science forum    4 Replies

Silence, 2024-01-16, 09:49 PM

https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/...radigmatic

John Horgan linked this article in a tweet (X).  I found it very interesting and well written.  Curious for the community's take.  Another step away from reductionism?

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Of course, ever since researchers in the m

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After Physicalism's Intro Essay


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Sci, 2024-01-16, 05:29 PM

After Physicalism Introduction

Benedikt Paul Göcke

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...without the completeness of physics almost none of the arguments for physicalism is remotely plausible. Since the completeness of physics is e

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The Dark Mysteries of Consciousness : Paranormality within the greater universe


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    2 Replies

Sci, 2024-01-15, 07:53 PM

The Dark Mysteries of Consciousness: Paranormality within the greater universe

James (Jim) E Beichler

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Abstract: The ultimate goal of science is to find truth in i

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A conventional explanation for the sense of being stared at? Or not.


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    15 Replies

nbtruthman, 2024-01-15, 04:22 PM

Rupert Sheldrake recently penned an article on the "sense of knowing when you are being looked at or stared at", which he has already done some work on. Apparently some materialist scientists are now claiming it is definitely not some sort of paranormal sensing, but is really some sort of neural phy

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Capturing the cosmos


UFO/UAP forum    2 Replies

Sci, 2024-01-09, 06:34 PM

Capturing the cosmos: When self-replicating craft bring life to the far Universe, a religious cult, not science, is likely to be the driving force

Jay Olson

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... In the fullness of cosmic time,

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Philosopher Bernardo Kastrup presents new high quality UAP/UFO theory


UFO/UAP forum    7 Replies

nbtruthman, 2024-01-08, 05:21 PM

Noted philosopher Bernardo Kastrup has surprisingly entered into the debate about the nature of the UAP or UFO phenomenon. He has now presented in his website a very interesting, knowledgeable and high quality essay on his current hypothesis for this, at https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2024/01/uaps-

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The Religious Roots of the Abolition Movement


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Sci, 2024-01-07, 12:53 AM



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[color=#131313]How did American Christians in the nineteenth century come to see slavery as something that needed to be abolished? Christianity was a central feature of nineteenth-century American life for both slaveholde

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Raymond Tallis: Time Travel and Other Myths about Time


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    43 Replies

Sci, 2024-01-06, 08:47 PM



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[color=#131313]In this video recording of a live talk, Raymond Tallis, one of Britain's foremost philosophers and public intellectuals, focuses on myths that arise out of treating time as a mere dimension analogous to the

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Why Gödel believed in an afterlife


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    7 Replies

nbtruthman, 2024-01-03, 05:16 PM

An interesting article (https://aeon.co/essays/kurt-godel-his-mo...fter-death) just came out going into the reasons why Kurt Gödel, arguably and well accepted as the greatest or one of the greatest logicians and mathematicians of the twentieth century, was certain of an

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Paranthropology: Boulders in the Stream


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Sci, 2024-01-02, 08:33 PM

Boulders in the Stream: The Lineage and Founding of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness

Stephan A. Schwartz

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The founding of what has become the Society for t

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