Author: Denyse O'Leary
Consciousness BEFORE Life? These Scientists Say Yes
One key way life differs from non-life is that life forms have goals. For example, the amoeba seeks to protect itself.
Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?
Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense.
A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences
Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons.
Cosmic Fine-Tuning as Evidence for the Reality of Consciousness
Many neuroscientists hold the materialist view that the mind is a user illusion generated by the brain.
What’s in a Name? Debating the Anthropocene Epoch
Earlier this month, geologists voted down a proposal to give the years since 1950 a geological name, the Anthropocene Epoch.