William James

The Ideal World: Is Science Going to Create it?

Brainfunda, Mindfunda Books / Leave a Comment / By Susanne_admin / Is the Universe a Hologram, Javier Echeverria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michelangelo, MIT press, tms, transcranial magnetic stimulation, William James / 23 May 2017 23 May 2017

In an ideal world we would learn from the past and create a future that is based on the progress of science. Adolfo Plasencia talks with some of the biggest names in scientific research to shed more light on big questions like Is there a planet besides Earth where we could live on? What if robots …

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Evan Thompson: Waking, Dreaming, Being

Brainfunda, Mindfunda Interviews, NEUROLOGY / Leave a Comment / By Susanne_admin / Being, Christian Gerike, Christoph Grassmann, Dalai lama, Dharmsala, dreaming, Evan Thompson, Iasd, neurology, neurology of dreams, neuroscience, phenomenology, psiberconference, Waking, William James / 25 September 2015 12 March 2017

Susanne van Doorn from Mindfunda interviewed philosopher Evan Thompson about his book ‘Waking, Dreaming, Being’. Evan Thompson builds a bridge between Western science: neurology and the oldest map of consciousness, Upanishad. A big thanks to Christian Gerike for alerting me to this book, and to Christoph Grassmann, for sharing his presentation about the self in dreaming with …

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