What is consciousness? It is not as Descartes, “Cartesian doubt”, which says, “I think, therefore I am”, i.e. Descartes tried to doubt his own existence, but found that even his doubting showed that he existed, since he could not doubt if he did not exist. Now, Kauffman and Roli answered this question. Not as Descartes … Continue reading What Is Consciousness? (Philosophy / Neuroscience / Quantum)
Why the way we experience and interact with the world is entirely mind-made Saltatory conduction is the process through which the brain receives information from the five sense organs, which include the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin. When sense receptors in the sense organs are stimulated, electrochemical impulses travel via a process of neurotransmission … Continue reading All in the Mind: Is Reality Real? (Philosophy)
Finding yourself is a journey worth embarking on. This is where to start. There is a defined path to find the self “quickly,” though the process could still hardly be described as quick. Many people are swift to dismiss Eastern modalities as outdated, unusual, and unworkable. But the fact is that in terms of finding … Continue reading How to Find The “Self”? (Philosophy)
Thomas Carlyle on how to overcome an existential crisis. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), the Scottish author celebrating his 225th birthday on the 4th of December, was a towering figure in 19th-century literature, praised by everyone from Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Stuart Mill to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Charles Dickens dedicated his Hard Times to Carlyle, a portrait of Carlyle … Continue reading How Meaning of Life Was Invented? (Philosophy)
Susi Ferrarello, who is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Francisco answered what is unconditional love? Does it make us lazy human beings? And many other questions For those who already know You were born and that is enough, in theory, to know what unconditional love means. When at loss for … Continue reading Is It Right to Love Unconditionally? (Philosophy)
The tremendous popularity of Yuval Noah Harari’s breakthrough book, Sapiens, left many wondering when did history become so popular. The answer, of course, is that the book was not really about history but about today, about a rupture in worldview we are facing right now – as Harari’s subsequent works, Homo Deus and 21 Lessons … Continue reading In Harari’s Sapiens, Meaning of Life is Just a Delusion (Philosophy)
The omnipotence paradox provides arguments to dispute both the existence of an omnipotent god as well as the existence of omnipotence itself. The paradox provides examples of two outcomes, both of which leave god with limited powers, and therefore not omnipotent. The most popular example is the paradox of the stone. The paradox of the … Continue reading Omnipotence Paradox Asks: Could God Create a Stone So Heavy That Even He could Not Lift It? (Philosophy)
The term was coined by Joseph Heller, who used it in his 1961 novel Catch-22. Catch-22s often result from rules, regulations, or procedures that an individual is subject to but has no control over because to fight the rule is to accept it. A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape … Continue reading Catch-22 Leaves No Way Out Of The Situation (Philosophy)
In some situations, asking “what if everyone did that?” is a common strategy for judging whether an action is right or wrong. Imagine that one day you’re riding the train and decide to hop the turnstile to avoid paying the fare. It probably won’t have a big impact on the financial well-being of your local … Continue reading How We Make Moral Decisions? (Philosophy)
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