Diverse explanations or theories of consciousness are arrayed on a roughly physicalist-to-
nonphysicalist landscape of essences and mechanisms. Categories: Materialism Theories …

Perception is a product of evolution. Our perceptual systems, like our limbs and livers, have
been shaped by natural selection. The effects of selection on perception can be studied …

This chapter examines the prospects for the one who comes to think that there is little reason
to believe in anything beyond consciousness and that the physical world is wholly …

In the last 10 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen successes in fields such as natural
language processing, computer vision, speech recognition, robotics and autonomous …

Abstract Models of consciousness aim to inspire new experimental protocols and aid
interpretation of empirical evidence to reveal the structure of conscious experience …

I take it that physics provides our scientific understanding of that world at the most
fundamental level. However, its theories are perpetually provisional and the more or less …

Can yoga and meditation unleash our inherent supernormal mental powers, such as
telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition? Is it really possible to perceive another person's …

Our perceptual capacities are products of evolution and have been shaped by natural
selection. It is often assumed that natural selection favors veridical perceptions, namely …

A singularly powerful and rigorous argument in favor of modern substance dualism In The
Substance of Consciousness: A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance …

This essay presents the rationale to consider anomalous experiences (AEs, such as
synesthesia, lucid dreaming, hallucinations, psi-related experiences, and near-death …