Tag: Raymond Tallis

Create yourself concept. Good looking young man drawing a picture, sketch of himself

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 21, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Daniel Dennett on unreality of self, I in philosophy, Raymond Tallis, Raymond Tallis on the reality of the self, Robert Lawrence Kuhn}

Neuroscientist: The “I” of Consciousness Cannot Be Explained Away

_{Skeptical philosopher David Hume tried it and, Raymond Tallis says, things collapsed almost immediately} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 21, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

To suppose that unthinking processes can somehow produce a thinking entity as an illusion is a sheer act of faith — faith in materialism but faith nonetheless. Read More ›

Mind labyrinth and business success psychology concept with back view walking businessman to the light spot in corridor with walls in form of human head

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 27, 2023

Categorized
Evolution, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
A Brief History of Intelligence (HarperCollins 2023)), Clive Gamble, Evolution of human consciousness, Evolution of human mind, Herbert Gintis, How the Mind Changed (Little Brown Spark 2021), Human mind has no history, John Gowlett, Joseph Jebelli, Max Bennett, Raymond Tallis, Rob Merrill, Robin Dunbar, Thinking Big (Thames & Hudson 2014)}

The Likely Reason the Human Mind Has No History

_{Our efforts to explain the origin of the human mind fall flat because we are looking for an origin that probably doesn’t exist} _{Denyse O'Leary
November 27, 2023

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Evolution, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind}

To the extent that the uniquely human part of the mind is immaterial, it won’t have a history any more than the Pythagorean theorem, in itself, does. Read More ›