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In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose puts forward his view that there are some facets of human thinking that can never be emulated by a machine. The book's central concern is what philosophers call the "mind-body problem". Penrose examines what physics and mathematics can tell us about how the mind works, what they can't, and what we need to know to understand the physical processes of consciousness.

The conscious mind, the part of your mental life you experience directly, is responsible for only a tiny sliver of what science says is going on inside your brain. Most of what you experience, your moods, and the things you like or dislike—most of who you are—comes from a much more mysterious part of your mind: the unconscious. And to really understand the influences of the unconscious, says psychiatrist Daniel Z. Liberman, coauthor of The Molecule of More, we need to look to something often considered science’s alter ego: magic.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegels Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807) stands as his seminal philosophical work, sparking intense discussion and analysis. As Hegels first book, it illuminates the three-stage dialectical journey of Spirit, with the title translating to both The Phenomenology of Spirit and The Phenomenology of Mind, reflecting the dual meaning of the German word Geist. This foundational text not only shaped Hegels subsequent philosophy but also marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of German idealism following Kant. Delving into metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, history, and more...

When we look at the world around us, what do we really see? In The Mystery of Healing, Dr. Deepak Chopra discusses the mechanics of perception—or what's going on in our minds and bodies as we react to external stimuli. Fascinating studies point to new possibilities in healing that are already...