Some time ago, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj expressed a view that Gita should be declared the “National Scripture” of India. Now, the government is contemplating to declare Adi ...

Cognitive dualism offers a defensible conception of theism, and Scruton is right to endorse it. However, he retains a commitment to the ontological dualism it is his purpose to reject, and this leads ...

The traditional distinction between Millian and Fregean theories of names presupposes that what Mill calls ‘connotation’ lines up with what Frege calls ‘sense.’ This presupposition is false. Mill’s ...

Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy and psychology, will discuss his work investigating why minds and brains are perceived as two different things at the Buffalo Annual ...

The age-old mind-matter problem is explored through Western dualism, contrasting views like physicalism, and Hindu perspectives where the mind is subtle matter. Hindu thought emphasizes the mind's ...

Until him, such a separation was not part of mainstream philosophy. In fact, this idea of duality came to be named after him, and is known as “Cartesian dualism”. The duality was in keeping with the ...

The article refers to Gilbert Ryle’s “ghost in the machine” criticism of Descartes’ substance dualism. What did Ryle mean by this? Can you explain his assertion that Cartesian dualism commits a ...