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God’s Control of Mental States (video)
Hi everyone! In this week’s Deep Thoughts About God video I discuss what some of the more unusual experiences I’ve had in my mental health journey have taught me about God’s relationship with the human mind. I also talk a bit about how experimenting with some illicit substances (a long time ago!) made me see Continue reading
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The Experience of Understanding
I have spent some time thinking about and examining the experience of understanding. In general we are all able to relate to one another through conversation, whether spoken or written, and as you read these words you are most likely having the experience of understanding them. But why is this? What is the nature of Continue reading
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What is Causing our Thoughts?
Let us examine closely what thought is, and let us try to decipher what it is that causes thoughts to arise in our minds. Continue reading
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Sam Harris and Free Will
Over the last few years, Sam Harris has received a great deal of recognition among atheists, who see him as an important figure championing science as pitted against religion when it comes to the subject of morality. I spent many hours watching Harris speaking and debating in various YouTube videos a few years back, and Continue reading
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‘Neuroscience and Philosophy’ by Bennett, Dennett, Hacker and Searle (book review)
Neuroscience and Philosophy is an academic book that will be of interest mostly to professionals working within these disciplines. The book assumes a high level of understanding in terms of the technical language used when talking about the brain and about philosophical matters. At the outset, then, I can say that I would not recommend Continue reading
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‘Descartes’ Error’ by Antonio Domasio (book review)
Descartes’ Error was recommended to me by my psychotherapist. In my psychotherapy sessions in recent weeks there has been a lot of discussion about body systems (e.g. the autonomic nervous system; the limbic system), and feeling that I don’t really have a grasp of the more complex language that relates to the biological and neurological Continue reading
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