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What is the mind? What is consciousness?
Philosophers, scientists and psychologists have puzzled over the mind for centuries. This is surprising. How can what defines us be such a mystery to us? How is it that we have a better picture of what goes on inside an atom than what goes on inside our heads? We have made progress in relation to Continue reading
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Is Science Providing Evidence for Freud’s Concept of the Unconscious?
In the face of attacks on the validity of psychoanalysis, it is tempting to argue that science and especially neurology is providing empirical evidence that Freud was right. Scientific evidence for unconscious processes includes research demonstrating that individuals process information, make decisions, and change their behaviour based on stimuli that are below conscious awareness. For Continue reading
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Challenging Traditional Views of the Mind
In his search for certainty, Descartes took refuge in the apparent unchallengeability of the individual’s assertions about their own thoughts and feelings. If I say I am thinking of my brother Mike, no one is in a position to tell me that I am actually thinking of my brother Mark. If I say I am Continue reading
Wittgenstein and Freud 