Stray Ideas

At death I suddenly awake from the dream, so compelling, so long. I am disoriented. I would blink, try to rejoin the dream, but I have no...

I was in a bar, having a beer with some friends, and the conversation turned to the existence of God. Only one person of eight claimed to be...

What is the difference, to consciousness, between being dead and being not yet born, or more exactly, being not yet even conceived? Are they...

Solipsism is a huge problem for anyone interested in promoting introspection as a way to understand the mind (which includes me). You can on...

What causes a sneeze? Is it a tickle in your nose? The sneeze is a surprise, a reflex, not a response to a stimulus comparable to the one ...

For years I have puzzled over the validity of logic. Why does one idea compel another? What is the nature of that compulsion? For example...

The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, a respected academic journal published by the American Psychological Association, will so...