“The community expects us to meet/respond to their needs and we cannot do that. […] They need water, they need housing, roads, education […], and they expect this from us. This makes things difficult […] we always have to explain…
How can we correct for this? One way is to make our evidence more representative of what’s going on in the world – de-bias our sample. This probably means avoiding social media sites altogether, or at least editing those we…
Abstract. Mental terms—such as perception, cognition, action, emotion, as well as attention, memory, decision making—are epistemically sterile. We support our thesis based on extensive comparative neuroanatomy knowledge of the organization of the vertebrate brain. Evolutionary pressures have molded the central…
Lessons for Devotees and Non-Devotees When Lord Brahma reached the Valley of Mandarachala Mountain, Hiranyakahipu was not to be seen. Without fat, flesh and blood he was buried in an anthill; his life air circulating in his bones. Lord Brahma expressed amazement…
(b) when doing the act, D reasonably believes— If there is no way of knowing on a systemic level whether the Mental Capacity Act is being flouted by the Supreme Court’s implicit guidance being ignored, it seems arguable that the…
The closing conference is the finale of a 3-week program designed to advance interdisciplinary work at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. You can learn more about the program by visiting https://ssnap.net. We are excited to share information about the…
A Gaudiya Vaishnava Perspective Hence we see how the Acharya’s purports to Shastra help us gain a deeper understanding of the scriptures. It is evident that mother Sita was not an ordinary human being. She was the pleasure potency of Lord…
‘O Ramachandra! Fasting on Mohini Ekadashi removes the darkest illusory attachments to material existence. There is thus no better fast day in all the three worlds than this.’” ‘Hungry and gripped with anxiety, he wondered what he would do, where…
This is a quote from a participant in a study I ran with Tania Lombrozo. If you were in our study, you read an explanation, and then explained what you had read to another participant. Each explanation was passed between…
You and your two fellow astronauts are on your way to Mars when you uncover a stowaway in your spaceship. His mere presence means there won’t be enough oxygen for anyone to survive the journey. You toss him out the…
The most likely ways in which ambient intelligence will capture public space is via security and economic surveillance. Police forces will seek as much data on those inhabiting public spaces in the name of predicting and preventing crime or disorder….
If you are walking past a shallow pond and see a child drowning in it, you ought to wade in and pull the child out. This will mean getting your clothes muddy, but this is insignificant, while the death of…
website: http://hill.psych.uw.edu.pl/cilc5/ Organizers Topics may include but should NOT be limited to: Online: 15-19 September 2021 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2676630182426566 Wiktor Rorot mail: hill@hill.psych.uw.edu.pl For more details and submission instructions, please see our website: http://hill.psych.uw.edu.pl/cilc5/ The conference is organized by the International…
Look a dog in the eye and a conscious being looks back. A being that feels hunger, thirst, warmth, cold, fear, comfort, pleasure, pain, joy. No one can seriously doubt this. The same is true of any mammal. You cannot…
