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Create yourself concept. Good looking young man drawing a picture, sketch of himself
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 21, 2024
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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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.

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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
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Evolution, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind
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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.

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