Tag: dementia
Excerpt: As Death Approaches, a Sudden Light
Needless to say, such lucid episodes imply that the mind is more than the disjointed activities of a failing brain.
Spooked by Sternberg: From the Introduction to Plato’s Revenge
All familiar thinking about the genome assumes that it is, of course, purely material. From this premise, biologist Richard Sternberg radically departs.
Can We Define the Soul Out of Existence?
Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff argues that the soul could not really amount to much without a physical brain.
Do We Need Language to Think?
For a long time, it was only a philosophical issue: Plato saw thinking as a conversation with oneself.
The Contradiction in Peter Singer’s Worldview
He never provides any reason why rationality, self-consciousness, and the ability to plan the future have any value.