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 ...

If physicalism is true, then all God needs to do to produce thoughts is build the basic physical components of reality – the fundamental particles – and put in place the laws of nature. Thoughts ...

If physicalism is true, then all God needs to do to produce thoughts is build the basic physical components of reality – the fundamental particles – and put in place the laws of nature. Thoughts ...

There is movement in the sciences of consciousness. Physical reductionism, which attempted to annihilate subjective experience, is challenged by several alternative conceptions.

There is movement in the sciences of consciousness. Physical reductionism, which attempted to annihilate subjective experience, is challenged by several alternative conceptions.

"Out of meat, how do you get thought? That's the grandest question." So said philosopher Patricia Churchland to Robert Lawrence Kuhn, the producer and host of the acclaimed PBS program, Closer to ...

Scientists are zeroing in on the parts of the brain that register our awareness of existing. But this physical explanation won’t be the whole story.