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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Mind: Fundamental Insights in Neuroscience

by Fenrisulfr on May 27, 2023 with No Comments

Neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system, has made remarkable strides in recent years. It has unearthed many fundamental insights into the nature of the human mind while revealing the complexities surrounding the organ thought to “produce” it: the … Read More

The Neuroscience of Self and The Plurality of Personhood

by Fenrisulfr on March 29, 2017 with No Comments

Neuroscientists and psychologists have discovered five selves. A bodily self that knows the world through feeling. A volitional self that knows the world as will. An experiential self that knows the world as its immediately lived spacetime location. A narrative … Read More

The Plurality of Personhood and the Secret of the Self

by Fenrisulfr on March 20, 2017 with No Comments

Mark Twain once remarked: “I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened.” In this simple phrase, he illustrates the paradoxical plurality of the self. Just who suffered these troubles that never happened? Is … Read More