Tag: consciousness
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Breath… Being a child… Being unconscious…
The rhythm of breathing creates electrical activity in the human brain that enhances emotional judgments and memory recall, scientists have discovered for the first time. These effects on behavior depend critically on whether you inhale or exhale and whether you breathe through the nose or mouth. (1) We are so preoccupied with doing things, that…
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Materialistic dogmatism in modern science. Just another example of the many…
[…] the rise of modern neuroscience has seen a more pragmatic approach gain ground: an approach that is guided by philosophy but doesn’t rely on philosophical research to provide the answers. Its key is to recognise that explaining why consciousness exists at all is not necessary in order to make progress in revealing its material…
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Alchemy. Soul. Growth. Consciousness on the rise…
Alchemy is the science of multiplication and is based upon the natural phenomenon of growth. “Nothing from nothing comes”, is an extremely ancient adage. Alchemy is not the process of making something from nothing; it is the process of increasing and improving that which already exists. If a philosopher were to state that a living…
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Consciousness: Σκέψεις.
We all agree we are conscious beings. But what is consciousness? There are numerous Harmonia Philosophica articles about consciousness and various aspects of that elusive and yet so familiar concept. We know we “are”, we know it is “us” who speak and act, we understand and question everything as persons and yet we fail every…
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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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