Category: Dogmatism
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Dogmatic Articles List: Dogmatism in science, modern thought and media Exposed! [D.A.L.]
The battle against dogmatism Harmonia Philosophica has for a long time now fought the battle against dogmatism. And as we all know, dogmatism is now bred inside the realms of science, which serves as the new religion of our ages. To that end, I have managed to comment on every important science or technological or…
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No! Science has not "proved" that consciousness is generated by the brain.
A simple and yet elusive truth: Science has not proved that consciousness is generated by the brain! And yet. So many people believe that something like this is proved. People who are just not capable of understanding philosophy or who are just lazy to see beyond the veil of materialistic propaganda spread by the media.…
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Consciousness brain research: The scientific dogmatism of the philosophically untrained. [OR: TV: A new episode]
Intensive experimental research is conducted to understand how brain circuits control sleep-wake cycle and consciousness - an enigma in modern Neurosciences and an exciting key mystery to resolve. Together with fellow researcher Carolina Gutierrez Herrera and colleagues from Germany, Adamantidis made a dual discovery: his team identified a new circuit in the brain of mice…
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Changing the brain. Closing the TV…
Scientists showed that they could alter brain activity of rats and either wake them up or put them in an unconscious state by changing the firing rates of neurons in the central thalamus, a region known to regulate arousal. The study, published in eLIFE, was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health. (1) Increasing…
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Atheism as a set of Beliefs (and not a religion, so what?). Atheism as an Obstacle to progress.
I read in a philosophy forum post that... "Atheism is a valid freedom of conscience position" OK, so is ANYTHING else. "Do not attack it as anything else" "ANYTHING" else? What does that even mean? Does atheism has a special immunity privilege? Surely not. "Although it has characteristics similar to those of religion (so does…
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