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The Architecture of Thought

Submitted by Nicholas Wallington, Published on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 17:16

It is human nature to try and understand our surroundings and in some way contribute to them, either to further our own existence or to help others in some way. Human curiosity is, I think, one of our most powerful attributes - the eternal need to search for more knowledge and to better understand our place in our environment. Now, that's the basis for science, as what science is constantly trying to do is discover how, why, when, and where things exist.

The Ghost in the Machine

Submitted by Luka Nieto Garay, Published on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 06:11

The Ghost in the Machine phrase was invented by philosopher Gilbert Ryle as a way to describe René Descartes' mind-body dualism. In his book The Concept of Mind Ryle ridiculed the belief that the psyche somehow functions independent of the physical body -according to Decartes and all dualists thereafter, the mind is not subject to mechanical laws, it is not even in space, hence the immaterial soul governing the mechanistic body, the Ghost in the Machine.

The Postmodernist Deceit

Submitted by Luka Nieto Garay, Published on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 15:18

Postmodernism is a philosophical movement born after World War II, brought about by a disillusionment with the objectivist stance on reality boosted by The Enlightenment. To be honest, a renaissance of human knowledge never truly took off during the time we know of as "The Renaissance" -humanity had to wait until the 19th Century for the Enlightenment ideals to actually take hold of society and governments. This truly was the age of Rationalism and Science.

A Clash of Ideas

Submitted by Luka Nieto Garay, Published on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 01:03

In Psychology there is a concept referred to as cognitive dissonance which alludes to the «tension or internal discord of the belief system that someone perceives while holding two conflicting ideas all at once.» That is, holding two antithetical ideas simultaneously.