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Sri Gadadhara Pandita
His appearance is on the amavasya (new moon) of the month of Vaisakha. Gadadhara was a few years younger then Nimai and during their childhood they would play together. Gadadhara Pandit served as Lord Gaura’s chief assistant during His Navadvipa-lila….
What Are You Reading…On Post-Aristotelian Philosophy
After Aristotle’ death there was much to dissect and sort through. Some focused on his ethics, and multiple Hellenistic schools (like the Epicureans and Stoics) elaborated on several of the virtues he discussed. Others, like Islamic philosopher Avicenna and medieval…
Vamsidas Babaji Maharaj
Fisherwoman approaches Babaji One day, a lady selling fish approached Srila Vamsidas Babaji, offering him some choice type of catch. Somehow or other, the Babaji’s mind became attracted to tasting the fish. But he immediately rebuked himself and became very…
Luis Favela and Edouard Machery will livestream “The Untenable Status Quo: The Concept of Representation in the Neural and Psychological Sciences” on May 20th. See below for details.
Videos of prior talks can be found on the Neural Mechanisms YouTube channel. Abstract. The concept of representation is commonly treated as indispensable to research on brains, behavior, and cognition. We argue that not only is the concept of representation applied…
Extended Mind-Wandering or Mind Invasion?
AMANDA**: Amanda joins the queue for coffee. While progressing in the queue, she draws out her phone and checks a number of apps. Her social media feed has specifically selected ads concerning green smoothies, and plant-based protein bars. When she…
Commentary by Alon Chasid on Explaining Imagination (with reply)
Alon’s first set of questions concerns what he calls “spontaneous imaginative projects.” Intuitively, these are imaginings that seem to just pop into our heads from out of nowhere and to bear little if any bearing on what we are doing…
