Dualism holds that the mind and body are separate, with mental experiences not fully explained by physical processes alone. René Descartes popularized dualism by arguing the mind is non-physical while ...
This post was co-authored by Marcia Gralha, M.A. We all have minds. But what is the mind, really? If you’ve ever tried to explain why a dog chases a ball, why a breakup hurts, or what it means to “be ...
This semester, I am teaching a graduate class in cognitive psychology, and we are beginning our journey with E. Bruce Goldstein’s The Mind: Consciousness, Prediction, and the Brain. The book is an ...