The Hippies Were Right: It's All about Vibrations, Man! Why are some things conscious and others apparently not?
Is a rat conscious? A bat? A cockroach? A bacterium? An electron? These questions are all aspects of the ancient “mind-body problem,” which has resisted a generally satisfying conclusion for thousands of years. The mind-body problem enjoyed a major rebranding over the last two decades and is generally known now as the “hard problem” of consciousness (usually capitalized nowadays), after the New York University philosopher David Chalmers coined this term in a now classic 1995 paper and his 1996 book The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. Fast forward to the present era and we can ask ourselves now: Did the hippies actually solve this problem? The Pygmalion Effect: Proving Them Right. The question of BEING and NOT being ! ' Why there is something rather than nothing' might be the ultimate and the most central question in philosophy.
Why existence, with at surface level what we see as the physical-stuff, and at the parallel level, the stuff of mind too, that in-fact had constituted the very entity of man, who asks this, and other not-so-simple-to answer questions ! This question naturally points towards a most central fact of being, that man knows and recognizes that he 'is'! Why we owe it to ourselves to spend quiet time alone every day – ideas.ted.com. Dola Sun In 2016, the Harvard biologist emeritus and naturalist E.O.
Wilson (TED Talk: Advice to a young scientist) published Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, in which he proposes that half the earth’s surface be designated and protected as conservation land. Just since 1970, human beings have destroyed more than 30 percent of forests and the marine ecosystem, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. The destruction has been an unintended consequence of population growth, the desire for increased material wealth and comfort, and the associated need for more energy. It’s also been driven by the inexorable imperative of capitalism and the powerful desire of certain individuals to increase their personal wealth. Finding our way to true belonging. True belonging.
I don’t know exactly what it is about the combination of those two words, but I do know that when I say it aloud, it just feels right. Rudyard Kipling: How To Be A Man. Simone Weil on Attention and Grace. “Attention without feeling,” Mary Oliver wrote in her beautiful elegy for her soul mate, “is only a report.”
To fully feel life course through us, indeed, we ought to befriend our own attention, that “intentional, unapologetic discriminator.” On our craving for generality. Ludwig Wittgenstein, in his Blue Book, chastised philosophers for what he called “our craving for generality.”
Philosophers (including the earlier Wittgenstein of the Tractatus) certainly have exhibited this craving, and despite his admonishment, we continue to do so. Philosophers seek general accounts of the nature of propositions, properties, virtues, mental states–you name it. Bundle Theory - Philosophy. What Ancient Chinese Philosophy Can Teach Us About Living the Good Life Today: Lessons from Harvard’s Popular Professor, Michael Puett. It has at times been concerning for some Buddhist scholars and teachers to watch mindfulness become an integral part of self-help programs.
A casual attitude toward the practice of mindfulness meditation can make it seem accessible by making it seem relaxing and effortless, which often results in missing the point entirely. Whatever the school, lineage, or particular tradition from which they come, the source texts and sages tend to agree: the purpose of meditation is not self improvement—but to realize that there may, indeed, be no such thing as a self. Best of Philosophy. Best of 2017 Explore a roundup of the best of recent philosophy scholarship.
As 2017 draws to a close we’re taking a look back over a year of publishing and have curated this reading list of each journal's most-read 2017 articles. Read the online collection, free to access until March 2018. The Power of Walking and Silence - [English]: John Francis at TEDxTokyo. Home - Sri Ramana Maharshi. Earth - Organisms might be quantum machines. If there’s any subject that perfectly encapsulates the idea that science is hard to understand, it’s quantum physics.
Scientists tell us that the miniature denizens of the quantum realm behave in seemingly impossible ways: they can exist in two places at once, or disappear and reappear somewhere else instantly. Becoming an Expert: The Elements of Success. Teaching Leonardo: An Integrated Approach.
Lojong. List of common misconceptions. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive.
This list corrects erroneous beliefs that are currently widely held about notable topics. Each misconception and the corresponding facts have been discussed in published literature. Note that each entry is formatted as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. Arts and culture Food and cooking Roll-style Western sushi.
Searing meat does not "seal in" moisture, and in fact may actually cause meat to lose moisture. Family tree of the Greek gods. Key: The essential Olympians' names are given in bold font. See also List of Greek mythological figures Notes External links Media related to Family trees of Greek mythology at Wikimedia Commons.