Mar 2012
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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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Morality and God: Do good and evil exist objectively?
I recently watched a debate between the Christian philosopher William Lane Craig and the atheist philosopher Sam Harris, on the subject of whether good and evil can exist without God. It was an interesting debate, and if you can spare a couple of hours I would recommend watching it. I have embedded the video at… Continue reading
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Is it possible to be at peace in suffering? A conversation with Gregg
Gregg: This quote made me think of you: By realizing Him who is subtler than the subtlest who dwells in the midst of the chaos, who is the Creator of all things and is endowed with many forms, who is the non-dual Pervader of the universe and all good – by realizing Him one attains the… 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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Truth, God, Morality and Ethics: Conversations with Martin (part 2/2)
This is the second part of my email conversation with a friend in which we began by discussing panentheism (see Conversations with Martin (part 1/2)), and then moved on a variety of subjects including free will, the nature of God, morality and ethics, and more. Each discussion topic is prefaced with a question, which will… Continue reading
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Steven Colborne is an author, musician and counsellor living in the United Kingdom. On this blog he writes about philosophy, religion and spirituality and shares a variety of personal articles.
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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy whole heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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