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Can Mysticism Help Us Solve the Mind-Body Problem?

By John Horgan — 2019

I just spent a week at a symposium on the mind-body problem, the deepest of all mysteries. The mind-body problem--which encompasses consciousness, free will and the meaning of life--concerns who we really are. Are we matter, which just happens to give rise to mind? Or could mind be the basis of reality, as many sages have insisted?

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Consciousness: Eight Questions Science Must Answer

The brain mechanisms of consciousness are being unravelled at a startling pace, with researchers focusing on eight key areas

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Anil Seth
2012
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The Real Problem

It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be.

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Anil Seth
2016
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What in the World Is Consciousness?

Our perception of the world around us, and ourselves within it, are ‘controlled hallucinations’ that the brain uses to help keep itself alive

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Anil Seth
2018
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