"What Is Man?", published by Mark Twain in 1906, is a dialogue between a young man and an older man jaded to the world. It involves ideas of destiny and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old Man asserted that...
Philosophy of mind
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Author:TWAIN, MarkSummary: -
Author:Begley, SharonSummary:Is it really possible to change the structure and function of the brain, and in so doing alter how we think and feel? The answer is a resounding yes. In late 2004, leading Western scientists joined the Dalai Lama at his home in...
- Author:Cron, LisaSummary:
It's every novelist's greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a page-one rewrite. The...
- Author:Gaddam, Sai, Ogas, OgiSummary:
Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love, and compassion-beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential...
- Author:Renard, Gary R., Royer, Louis, Bachand, Michelle, Meyrieux, Jacqueline, Lemyre, CarlSummary:
Comment réagiriez-vous si deux étranges individus vous apparaissaient soudain, surgis de nulle part, alors que vous êtes assis tranquillement dans votre salon, et qu'ils vous disaient être deux «maîtres ascensionnés» venus vous révéler...
