The Female Bees and the Male Bees, How Did the Quran Know?

Epigraph: وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِن بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ […]

The meta-problem of consciousness

Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The meta-problem of consciousness examines why we perceive consciousness as enigmatic and challenging to explain. Philosopher David J. Chalmers defines it as “the problem of explaining why we think that there is a problem of consciousness.” PhilPapers Distinguishing […]