Global Workspace Theory (GWT) is a conceptual framework proposed by Bernard Baars that rather elegantly explains consciousness, at least its functional aspect, leaving aside the phenomenal epistemically privileged sort, in […]
This seems like a particularly urgent question at this time of growth and development. I am already in the midst of a graduate degree which is costing my father a […]
There is an issue which is very hard for me to talk clearly about and yet continues to plague and itch at me begging for clear resolution. This is what […]
Consciousness is the greatest mystery. Its most fundamental nature has yet to be uncovered and while many discoveries about the intricate workings of the brain have shed light on the […]
A weird phenomenon: childhood friends re-establishing contact with me and in particular wanting to have a conversation with me or see me again after not seeing me for so long. […]
I wish here to express, for the purpose of clarification, a strand of thought that has been submerged under murky waters while faintly apprehended for some time now. This thought […]
This phrase – nothing to gain, nothing to lose – seems like an important one to me in my current state. I have witnessed its power especially in moments of […]
Most people seem to secretly believe that the purpose of life is to gather as much resources as possible in order to secure their well-being. The actions of the vast […]
There is an intriguing question which I have been considering for some time now and which has not yet been resolved and the purpose of this essay is to attempt […]
I want to talk about my recent attraction towards, and subsequent withdrawal from, the pursuit of stem cell science for the purpose of curing deadly diseases and relieving the sufferers […]
Jung’s analytic psychology calls the encounter of a person with the unconscious the process of individuation. He uses this as a measure of the extent of psychological growth that a […]
There is a very serious discussion which I wish to commence here, mainly out of concern due to some slight doubts that continue to manifest as well as some confusions […]
Love is a word that we all use in everyday situations and refers to a concept that we believe we are well acquainted with, evidenced by our confident usage of […]
Naturalism, or physicalism, is the metaphysical doctrine that a complete theory of physics is the true nature of reality which merely consists of matter and its peculiar properties along with […]
I want to talk about the burden of modesty and the conflict with honesty which results from this. By modesty is meant a somewhat vague concept which I will attempt […]
This is a battle that has remained half-formed in my mind for a while now and is constantly struggling for elucidation and seems to pose itself as a stumbling-block to […]
Solipsism is the view that I am the only entity to whom it is justifiable to ascribe existence. This is based on the fact that this entire world, as it […]
I want to ask now an infinitely more difficult question than those that I have asked before, namely why does suffering have negative value? Is this simply a delusion and […]
What is the value of truth? I have determined that running away from suffering is the result of a delusion. This delusion consists in the belief that there is a […]
Where does the value of a thing originate from? In particular, perhaps the question I mean to ask is: what is the value of truth? What is the value of […]