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Below are blog posts I’ve written on consciousness, free will and other mind-related mysteries. Please let me know about missing stories, broken links or other problems. See also my free online book Mind-Body Problems. –John Horgan

Mind–Body Problems: My Meta-Solution to the Mystery of Who We Really Are

The Mind–Body Problem, Scientific Regress and "Woo"


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Why the Mind–Body Problem Can't Have a Single, Objective Solution

Who Invented the Mind–Body Problem?

Jellyfish, Sexbots and the Solipsism Problem

Do Fish Suffer?

Can Art Solve the Hard Problem?

Is Consciousness Real?

Can Integrated Information Theory Explain Consciousness?

Why information can't be the basis of reality

Consciousness and “Crazyism

A Super-Simple, Non-Quantum Theory of Eternal Consciousness

The Rise of Neo-Geocentrism

Are Brains Bayesian?

The Singularity and the Neural Code

Can a Single Brain Cell “Think”?

The Weirdness of Weirdness

Oneness, Weirdness and Alienation

Is Scientific Materialism "Almost Certainly False"?

World's Smartest Physicist Thinks Science Can't Crack Consciousness

Christof Koch on Free Will, the Singularity and the Quest to Crack Consciousness

David Chalmers Thinks the Hard Problem Is Really Hard

My Testy Encounter with the Late, Great Gerald Edelman

The film Inception Is a Clunker, but Lucid Dreaming is Cool

What Is It Like to be a Cat?

TUCSON CONSCIOUSNESS CONFERENCE

Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 1

Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 2

Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 3

Dispatch from the Desert of Consciousness Research, Part 4

Flashback: My Report on First Consciousness Powwow in Tucson 

STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS WRITINGS

What a science writer thinks about on his morning commute

Stream of Thought Description of Teaching James’s “Stream of Thought

Science, History and Truth at the Faculty Club

What a Science Writer Thinks on a Ferry to Manhattan

The Great Hunger and the Randomness of the World

Bloomsday Appreciation of James Joyce, Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever

FREE WILL

Will This Post Make Sam Harris Change His Mind about Free Will?

Our Wills Aren’t As Free as We (or I) Would Like to Believe

New Year’s Resolution: I Will Believe in Free Will

Scientific Seeker Stuart Kauffman on Free Will and Other Mysteries

Christof Koch on Free Will, the Singularity and the Quest to Crack Consciousness

Why New Year Resolutionaries Should Believe in Free Will

Need a New Year’s Resolution? Believe in Free Will!

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