Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of consciousness, a flow of thoughts and feelings in which there is no real self to be discovered.
Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of consciousness, a flow of… - Jim Holt
Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of consciousness, a flow of…
- Jim Holt
Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share a … - Jim Holt
Jokes often arise involuntarily, like dreams, and tend to be swiftly forgotten. From these similarities Freud inferred that jokes and dreams share a …
It has been said that the question, 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is so profound that it would occur only to a metaphysician, yet so … - Jim Holt
It has been said that the question, 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is so profound that it would occur only to a metaphysician, yet so …
To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world - Jim Holt
To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world
Having just enough life to enjoy being dead. - Jim Holt
Having just enough life to enjoy being dead.
You have to have a temperamental attraction to dangerous ideas. - Jim Holt
You have to have a temperamental attraction to dangerous ideas.
When you are trying to understand the world, it is unwise to assume that you occupy a privileged position in it. - Jim Holt
When you are trying to understand the world, it is unwise to assume that you occupy a privileged position in it.
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