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What Consciousness Is Not

Raymond Tallis unwinds the work of David Chalmers, philosopher of mind

Philosophy Is Here to Stay

Benjamin Storey takes on David Brooks’s social scientism

What Neuroscience Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves

Raymond Tallis debunks the tropes of “neuromythology”

How Can I Possibly Be Free?

Raymond Tallis on the neuroscientific case against free will, and why it’s wrong

The Science of Self-Help

Algis Valiunas on goofy advice, dubious wisdom, and neuro-gurus

Disenchanting Determinism

Caitrin Nicol reviews novels by Richard Powers and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Why Minds Are Not Like Computers

Ari N. Schulman on fundamental confusion about artificial intelligence

The Prudence of Neuroscience

Ivan Kenneally reviews The Heart of Judgment

Neuroimaging and Capital Punishment

O. Carter Snead on brain scans and the conflicted aspirations of neuroscience

The Limits of Neuro-Talk

Matthew B. Crawford on the dangers of a mindless brain science

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