Consciousness
Mind-Body Problems
The Mind-Body Problem
- What is the Mind-Body Problem?
- Why a Mind-Body Problem?
- Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem?
- Neurophilosophy vs. Neuromania?
- Computational Theory of the Mind
- What is Human Mind in a Theistic World?
- Art and the Philosophy of Mind
- Women in Philosophy and Neuro/Cognitive Science
Brain Structure and Function
- What are Brains?
- How are Brains Structured?
- What do Brains Do?
- How do Brains Function?
- How do Brains Act?
- How do Human Brains Work?
- How do Human Brains Function? (Part 1)
- How do Human Brains Function? (Part 2)
- How do Human Brains Think and Feel?
- When Brains Go Bad (Part 1)
- When Brains Go Bad (Part 2)
- Can the Mind Heal the Body?
- Transhuman Brains?
Brain Explains Mind?
- Can Brain Explain Mind?
- Does Brain Make Mind?
- Does Brain Make Mind? (Part 2)
- How Brain Makes Mind?
- How are Brains Conscious?
- What Makes Brains Conscious?
- Are Brain and Mind the Same Thing?
- What's the Stuff of Mind and Brain?
- How Brain Scientists Think About Consciousness
- Neuroaesthetics: How the Brain Explains Art
- Aesthetics: Physics and Neuroscience
Elements of Mind
- What is Theory of Mind?
- What is Intentionality?
- What is Self Awareness?
- How does Memory Work?
- Language and Consciousness
- What is Extended Mind?
- How Does Art Affect Perception, Cognition, Emotion?
Consciousness
Mystery of Consciousness
- What Is Consciousness? (Part 1)
- What Is Consciousness? (Part 2)
- What is Consciousness? (Part 3)
- What is Consciousness? (Part 4)
- What is Consciousness? (Part 5)
- Is Consciousness an Illusion? (Part 1)
- Is Consciousness an Illusion? (Part 2)
- Why is Consciousness so Mysterious?
- Why is Consciousness so Baffling?
- Is Consciousness Fundamental?
- Is Consciousness Irreducible?
- Is Consciousness an Ultimate Fact?
- What's the Essence of Consciousness?
- What's the Meaning of Consciousness?
- Toward a Science of Consciousness
- Is Consciousness Unified?
- What is Panpsychism?
Consciousness as Emergent
Consciousness as All Physical?
- Is Consciousness Entirely Physical?
- Anything Non-physical about the Mind?
- Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? (Part 1)
- Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? (Part 2)
- Quantum Physics of Consciousness
- Can Consciousness be Non-Biological? (Part 1)
- Can Consciousness be Non-Biological? (Part 2)
- Physics of Consciousness
States of Consciousness
- What are Altered States of Consciousness?
- What is Enlightenment?
- Are Enlightenment & Transcendence Altered States?
- Powers of the Subconscious
- What is Non-Duality?
Sleep and Dreams
Purpose of Consciousness?
- Does Consciousness have Purpose?
- Does Human Consciousness have Special Purpose?
- Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Consciousness?
- Must the Universe Contain Consciousness?
- Does Consciousness Lead to God?
- Theological Anthropology: What is Human Mind?
- Consciousness and Spirituality
- Why Explore Cosmos and Consciousness?
- Can We Explain Cosmos and Consciousness?
- Does Consciousness Cause the Cosmos?
- Is Consciousness Ultimate Reality?
Metaphysics of Consciousness
- Metaphysics vs. Materialism? (Part 1)
- Metaphysics vs. Materialism? (Part 2)
- Are There Things Not Material?
- What Things are Conscious?
- What is Truth?
- Realism vs. Anti-realism
- Critical Realism in Science and Theology
- Critical Realism: Ernan McMullin Tribute
Persons
Persons and Selves
- What Are Persons? (Part 1)
- What Are Persons? (Part 2)
- What are Selves? (Part 1)
- What are Selves? (Part 2)
- Is the Person All Material?
Personal Identity
- What is the Nature of Personal Identity?
- What Carries our Personal Identity?
- What makes Personal Identity Continue?
- How does Personal Identity Persist Through Time?
Life After Death?
- Is Death Final?
- Is Life After Death Possible?
- Is There Life After Death?
- What is an Afterlife?
- What do Near Death Experiences Mean?
- What is Immortality?
- What Would Immortality Feel Like?
- Imagining Immortality and Eternal Life?
- Immortality and Personal Consciousness?
- Virtual Immortality
Souls?
- Do Persons Have Souls? (Part 1)
- Do Persons Have Souls? (Part 2)
- Can a Person Be a Soul?
- Is the Soul Immortal?
- Why Immortal Souls?
- Does a Soul have an Afterlife?
Human Uniqueness
- How are Humans Unique? (Part 1)
- How are Humans Unique? (Part 2)
- How Humans Differ from Other Animals
- Aesthetics: Physics and Neuroscience
Creativity
Music
- How Do Brains Make Music? (Part 1)
- How Do Brains Make Music? (Part 2)
- Can Music Probe Mentality?
- Can Music Probe Mentality? (Part 2)
Epistemology
- Epistemology: How Do We Know What We Know?
- Theological Epistemology: How Can We Know God? (Part 1)
- Theological Epistemology: How Can We Know God? (Part 2)
- Can Moral Theory Affect Deep Ontology?
- Art and Epistemology
Belief Systems
- What is Belief?
- How Belief Systems Work
- How Belief Systems Affect Believers (Part 1)
- How Belief Systems Affect Believers (Part 2)
Mind and Society
People and Society
Free Will
Mystery of Free Will
- What is Free Will?
- Mysteries of Free Will
- Big Questions in Free Will
- Big Questions in Free Will Project
- Is Free Will an Illusion?
- Do Humans have Free Will?
Philosophy of Free Will
- Philosophy of Free Will
- How Can Free Will Work?
- Free Will: Where's the Problem?
- Free Will: Essence and Nature
Free Will and Consciousness
Science of Free Will
- Can Brains have Free Will?
- Does Brain Science Eliminate Free Will?
- Physics of Free Will
- What is Experimental Philosophy?
- Free Will Folk Beliefs
Free Will and Morality
Theology of Free Will
- Does God's Knowledge Eliminate Free Will?
- Does God's Knowledge Quash Free Will
- If God Knows the Future, What is Free Will?
Philosophy of Biology
Why Philosophy of Biology?
- What is Philosophy of Biology?
- What are Breakthroughs in Biology? (Part 1)
- What are Breakthroughs in Biology? (Part 2)
What is Life?
- Gap Between Non-Life and Life
- Are Plants Sentient?
- Can Mathematics Explain Biology? (Part 1)
- Can Mathematics Explain Biology? (Part 2)
- Can Mathematics Elucidate Evolution?
Life in the Cosmos
Deception
Extrasensory Perception
ESP and New Realities?
- Why is ESP So Intriguing?
- Does ESP Make Sense?
- Is ESP a Window on a Larger Reality?
- Does Transpersonal Psychology Revamp Reality?
- What is Synchronicity?
ESP and the Nonphysical?
Art Seeking Understanding
Aesthetic Cognitivism
- Aesthetic Cognitivism I: Overview and Concepts
- Aesthetic Cognitivism II: Intellectual Foundations
- Aesthetic Cognitivism III: Meaning and Implications
- Aesthetic Cognitivism IV: Research and Methodology
- Arts and the Creative Process
Art and Philosophy
- What is Philosophy of the Arts?
- Art and the Philosophy of Mind
- Art and the Philosophy of Religion
- Art and Epistemology
Neuroscience/Cognitive Science of Art
- Neuroaesthetics: How the Brain Explains Art
- Aesthetics: Physics and Neuroscience
- How Does Art Affect Perception, Cognition, Emotion?
Neuroscience/Cognitive Science of Music
- How Do Brains Make Music? (Part 1)
- How Do Brains Make Music? (Part 2)
- Can Music Probe Mentality?
- Can Music Probe Mentality? (Part 2)
Art and God
Art and Religion
- Arts and Religious Experience
- Arts and Religious Belief
- Arts and Religious Practice (Liturgy)
- Arts and Religious Reality