”We should do well to consider much more seriously... the type of theory Bergson put forward in connection with memory and sense perception. The suggestion is that the function of the brain and nervous system and sense organs is in the main…
The thing many projects that seek to understand human activity have in common is that they try to build a unified theory that includes both the bizarre experiences and the mundane world we normally perceive. They do not see these two worlds…
When we talk about human species, we often say that some species become extinct because more advanced species displace them. We believe that evolution favors intelligence because we see our own adaptability as the merit of intelligence. However, we are neither more…
One of the most significant stumbling blocks in almost all explanations of consciousness is that they focus on the wrong thing. The consciousness we most often talk about is trivial in terms of understanding the facility of the mind. In addition to…
A list of paradoxes
Everyone has noticed at some point in their lives that the longer we live, the more we wait for life to begin. And the more we measure time, the less we have it. This is equal to the…
Reason is like a white cane of the blind
Explaining things is undoubtedly innate to modern man and therefore nearly all key issues of humanity are related to explaining one way or another. Maybe that is why various ethical and philosophical groups,…
I'll describe here shortly the problems that an unsuccessful transformation related to mental aging causes in an adult individual. The source of the problem is almost impossible to spot precisely because nothing happens in our minds as we move from adolescence to…
One of mankind's strangest tacit agreements is that grown-up people call themselves "adults". In fact, they are not adults and they know it for themselves. They are overage teenagers in adult bodies. That is why people tend to speak of constant development…
The true essence of the Serpent of Eden aka there is something wrong with our minds
There are many reasons to believe that the narrative of the Fall of Man actually has nothing to do with current theistic religions nor their doctrines.…
Mysticism and Philosophy is a book on mystical experience published by Walter Terence Stace in 1960. Stace's work is, as its name implies, a philosophical work. As such it is not about life skills nor it is an ethical guide either, but…