Conversation entre le moine bouddhiste et doctorant en génétique cellulaire, et le neurophysiologiste allemand qui évoquent ensemble l'esprit humain. Des questions philosophiques et psychiques liées au cerveau sont abordées sous l'angle de l'expérience spirituelle et des neurosc…
Moine bouddhiste depuis quarante ans, Matthieu Ricard est un méditant chevronné, régulièrement sollicité par les universités du monde entier pour se prêter à des expériences sur le cerveau. Neurobiologiste, directeur émérite du Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Wolf Singe…
"The first book to focus on the intersection of Western philosophy and the Asian martial arts, Striking Beauty comparatively studies the historical and philosophical traditions of martial arts practice and their ethical value in the modern world. Expanding Western philosophy's g…
In Gut Feminism Elizabeth A. Wilson urges feminists to rethink their resistance to biological and pharmaceutical data. Turning her attention to the gut and depression, she asks what conceptual and methodological innovations become possible when feminist theory isn't so instincti…
Physicalism, or something near enough
by Kim, Jaegwon
fromPrinceton monographs in philosophy
Contemporary discussions in philosophy of mind have largely been shaped by physicalism, the doctrine that all phenomena are ultimately physical. Here, Jaegwon Kim presents the most comprehensive and systematic presentation yet of his influential ideas on the mind-body problem. H…
Whitman originally published this work in 1858 as a thirteen-part essay series in the New York Atlas. He used the pen name "Mose Velsor." This health manifesto, relevant today, features recommendations for eating, sleeping and exercise, emphasizing mderation and focusing on the …