Tag: consciousness studies
The Science of the Mind and the Science of the Brain
In this piece for The Lion's Roar, the Dalai Lama discusses some of the shortcomings of contemporary scientific methodology in understanding consciousness ā primarily...
Consciousness Goes Deeper Than You Think
FromĀ Scientific American: Many articles and papers equate the experience of consciousness with awareness. However, the reality is thatĀ it is possible to experience consciousness without...
Consciousness is “Not Just Your Brainā
For NPRās 13.7: Cosmos and Culture blog, philosopher Alva NoĆ« comments on a new Oxford journal, Neuroscience of Consciousness. He is skeptical of the persistent tendency of some neuroscientists āto think of consciousness itself as a neural phenomenon.ā His own view, he writes āis that the brain is only part of the story, and that we can only begin to understand how the brain makes us consciousness by realizing that brain functions only in the setting of our bodies and our broader environmental (including our social and cultural) situation.ā