Stephen Barr’s Critique of Physicalism: A Comprehensive Exploration
Epigraph: Allah takes away the souls of human beings at the time of their death; and of those also that are not yet dead, during their sleep. And then He […]
Stephen Barr’s Crusade Against Ontological Physicalism: Is Killing a Human Like Turning off a Robot?
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32) … Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the […]
Charles Tart: Physicalism Leads to Loss of Purpose
… … Charles T. Tart (born 1937) is an American psychologist and parapsychologist known for his psychological work on the nature of consciousness (particularly altered states of consciousness), as one of the founders of the field […]
John Searle’s Humility and Objectivity in Understanding Consciousness, Free Will, Soul and Afterlife
Epigraph: Before, they overindulged in luxury and persisted in great sin, always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up? […]
Philosophical Zombies and Their Implications on Human Consciousness
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The concept of philosophical zombies—hypothetical beings indistinguishable from humans in behavior and physiology but devoid of conscious experience—has […]
Atheists versus Atheists: Daniel Dennett Finds the Very Idea of Zombies Incoherent
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Hear Daniel Dennett around minute 19 of this video, Dennett denies the very idea of zombies and the […]
Arguing God from Consciousness
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
Philosophical Thought Experiments to Grasp the Hard Problem of Consciousness
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
Hard Problem of consciousness
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Hard problem (disambiguation). In the philosophy of mind, the hard problem of consciousness is to explain why and how humans and other organisms have qualia, phenomenal consciousness, or subjective experience.[1][2] It is contrasted with the “easy problems” of explaining why and […]
Scopesthesia: Would It Suggest Extra Dimensions?
Scopesthesia, also known as the sense of being stared at, is the ability to sense when someone is staring at you without using known sensory cues. Examples of Scopesthesia include: The […]
PBS: Quantum Entanglement to Unentangle Your Mind
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that […]
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad’s Video: True Dreams and Islamic Perspective
Epigraph: Allah is the One who knows what is hidden. He does not disclose it except to a messenger of His choosing. He sends watchers to go in front and […]
Neuromania, Neuroscience, Consciousness and Freewill
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
Video: Consciousness is Not an Illusion
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
Robert Lawrence Kuhn: A Landscape of Consciousness? Toward a Taxonomy of Explanations & Implications
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]