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Is the brain actually productive? Or is it instead permissive, simply acting as a filter through which consciousness passes? Can near death...

Is evolutionary psychology merely a way of excusing outdated behaviours? Is it instead culture which really defines how we behave? As with t...

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Alex Gómez-Marín is a controversial figure in contemporary neuroscience, known for challenging the materialist framework that dominates scie...

The self and the world We tend to think of ourselves as observers of the world and experience as something different from the material stuff...

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Are we living in the moment? Are we really free? How can we transcend the constant anxieties of our mind? Throughout history, certain people...

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What is rationality? Why is it or is it not important? And where does perversity fit in? Join psychologist Paul Bloom in this interview wher...

Why is the world moving away from liberalism and towards conservatism? One of Britain’s most provocative thinkers, John Gray is a political...

The future of European thought What is analytic philosophy and what is continental philosophy? And, perhaps most importantly, does this dist...

Language shapes how we think, remember, and reason. But does it help us to uncover the fundamental nature of reality? Join the author of Lan...
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