Harmonia Philosophica

Category: Others

Brain, Existence, Others, Self, Vision

2021/05/19

See your face… Move your hand… Break the mirror…

Given the limited capacity of our attention, we only process a small amount of the sights, sounds, and sensations that reach our senses at any given moment. Research suggests that certain stimuli – specifically, your own face – can influence how you respond without you being aware of it. In an experiment, participants looked at […]
Dasein Philosophy, Irrational, logos, Others, Quantum Mechanics, Self, Silence

2019/08/02

Stay still. Move. Logos. Silence.

Quantum mechanics is truly weird. Objects can behave like both particles and waves, and can be both here and there at the same time, defying our common sense. Such counterintuitive behaviour is typically confined to the microscopic realm and the question “why don’t we see such behaviour in everyday objects?” challenges many scientists today. A […]
Brain, Brain, Illusion, Listening, Others, Phenomena illusion, Self

2019/01/26

Hearing internal voices. The same as listening to other…

As far our brain is concerned, talking to ourselves in our heads may be fundamentally the same as speaking our thoughts out loud, new research shows. The findings may have important implications for understanding why people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia hear voices. UNSW Sydney scientist and study first author Associate Professor Thomas Whitford […]