Throughout history, attempts by mere mortals to plumb the inner recesses of the soul have been seen as hubristic. Shakespeare had Hamlet express this powerfully when he rages against those who “would ...

Since he was a kid Hal Blumenfeld has wondered about the nature of human consciousness. “It’s what makes us human and makes life worthwhile,” said Blumenfeld, now the Mark Loughridge and Michele ...

COMMENTARY: Contemporary Western cultures insist consciousness resides exclusively in our brains, but an abundance of recent scientific research indicates otherwise. Medical teams at six research ...

In the 1990s Australian philosopher David Chalmers framed the challenge of distinguishing between the “easy” problems and the “hard” problem of consciousness. Easy problems involve explaining behavior ...