New mind, new body

Anomalous Panpsychism: A New Solution to the Mind-Body Problem∗

A satisfactory solution to the mind-problem should answer the two following questions: i) are phenomenal properties, the properties that characterize states of consciousness, physical? ii) how do phenomenal properties causally interact with physical properties? To a first approximation, physicalism and dualism are the two possible answers to the first question. There are three kinds of views re...

Psychoneuroimnunology: A New Facet of the Mind-Body Dialogue

Since ancient times, physicians have questioned whether the mind can affect health. Many anecdotal reports have claimed that patients overcame lifethreatening illnesses by their will to live. But we lacked hard evidence that would explain the relationships between attitudes and disease. Recently scientists have uncovered new data that demonstrate a bidirectional link between the immune and the ...

Towards a new approach to the mind-body problem

A New Mind for a New Aesthetics

While the extent of the dependence between theories of aesthetics and models of the mind is a matter of lively debate, it is fair to claim that current approaches to consciousness suggest new perspectives about the nature of aesthetic experience. Recent findings of neuroscience have affected how we see aesthetics and art. Nevertheless, while it is often suggested that neuroscience will soon off...

Gaming Mind, Gaming Bodies: Mind-Body Split For the New Millenium

Drawing on the phenomenologically inspired works of drew Leder and Randy Martin, this paper examines the ways in which playing a First-Person Shooter first creates a secondary body for the player and then, because of the first-person perspective, proceeds to erase that body from the player’s consciousness. The paper explores the notion of and the ways in which First-Person Shooters complicate o...