Category: The universe

  • A new Approach to the Consciousness-Mind-Body Problem

    Modern theories of consciousness, or the ‘Mind-Body Problem’ are rather depressing, as I’ve written about this here. This is a new and totally original theory on consciousness which, when understood, could completely change our research into this area of philosophy. Anyone who thinks beyond what we may call the superficial level has probably at one time…

  • The problem of mind

    Any study of modern theories of philosophy of mind makes for rather depressing reading. Modern philosophers are of the view that the mind is not separate from the body and that our intuitive feeling that the mind is something apart the brain is misleading. Some of these ‘explanations’ seem to describe the mind only in…

  • The till roll and the Turkish carpet

    Religion in the West is a dying concept. Even many Christians don’t seem to live their lives on the assumption that they will be accountable to a creator. In fact, most people in Western society perceive life as like a till roll. An event happens, then another and so on until we run out of…

  • The brain, logic and moving to a real understanding

    Its often said that human beings are logical and the brain works by processing information. To understand why this is so wrong we should start by understanding what logic is. Formal deductive logic works as follows: If A is so and B is so then C must be so. For instance, if A (All cars…

  • The Quantum World

    The world at the quantum level, that is at very small scales and very short time intervals, is very different from the kind of world we are used to. The quantum effects only affect very small particles and time instances. In our physical world what we call the laws of nature are an averaging of…