Category: Consciousness
The Mind’s Four Doors of Perception
The other day, I was engaged in a philosophical discussion group about how to divide up the human mind. Initially, it was proposed that we […]
The Harder Problem of Consciousness: Us
The mysterious consciousness of a feline Source: Personal photo. As I lounge on my couch typing, my gray cat sits defiantly across the room, with […]
How the Brain Fills in the Blanks
You probably don’t remember the first time you heard music through a pair of stereo headphones. It’s actually an amazing experience: The music sounds like […]
The Predictive Brain and the ‘Hard Problem’ of Consciousness
Optical illusion of radially moving waves Source: vika_k / AdobeStock In this post, the last of a five-part series, we will acquire an understanding of […]
The Four Domains of Human Consciousness
What is the best way to map human consciousness? I was recently reading Anil Seth’s excellent book, Being You: A New Science of Consciousness, and […]
Will Elon Musk Open the Doors of the Forbidden Castle?
The mind refers to the personal experience of perceiving and thinking about words, emotions, thoughts, and more. It relies on the proper functioning of the […]
An Intriguing and Controversial Theory of Consciousness: IIT
Source: DPS studio / AdobeStock This is Part 4 of a five-part series. Integrated information theory (IIT) is a theory of consciousness. It was first […]
When the Inner Skill Enriches Self-Experience
The Predictive Processing Perspective Who are you when all you ever had is lost? What remains of a person when all our social structures and […]