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Is meditation valid to study consciousness scientifically?
In the study of consciousness, neuroscience observes mental phenomena through physical correlations, using techniques such as fMRI, PET and EEG. These are considered valid and reproductible, and can ...
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Is Scruton correct in characterising the Transcendental World of Kants?
Scruton in his Sexual Desire, a philosophical investigation says
we must distinguish the world of human experience from the world of scientific observation. In the first we exist as agents, taking ...
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What would constitute a reasonable expectation of privacy?
To some degree this is presumably a legal question, but my question is really trying to ask about the principle here.
I guess the core question is about what expectations a "reasonable" agent might ...
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'Formal beliefs ' vs 'realised beliefs'
A distinction I have come across in some of Zizek's informal lectures, as well as in my own ponderings, is that which describes those beliefs which, although we know formally to be true, we do not ...
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Are numbers noumena?
According to OED, noumenon is
An object knowable only by the mind or intellect, not by the senses
But I'm a little confused at considering about numbers, they seem to be objects knowable only ...
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Does Husserl distinguish `sensuous contents' from 'sensuous mental processes' in §85 of Ideas I?
In ยง85 of Ideas I, Husserl classifies all mental processes into intentional and non-intentional mental processes. The class of non-intentional mental processes contains all sensuous mental processes.
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Intentionality: Object directed vs. 'As if in the presence of an object'
A philosophical project of mine depends on an assertion which at first seems problematic, but one that I believe is correct.
Background
Following Husserl, modern philosophy is in accord that the ...
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How can you support the idea of qualia as distinct from neuronal firing when you only experience one thing?
Physicalists are people who equate brain states with mental states. There are people in this category; and yet there are many people who do not hold this view. Such people hold that there is an ...
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Philosophy of Philosophy and Experience [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the practical use of philosophy?
Does philosophy move us toward a deeper understanding of the human condition, or does philosophy push us away from understanding ...
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How does one know one is not dreaming?
How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skeptic that one is "really" there, awake and not just dreaming the entire situation/world around him?
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