Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear, and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the bad from the good, the pleasant from the unpleasant. . . . It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness, and acts that are contrary to habit.
— The sacred disease, by Hippocrates
— The sacred disease, by Hippocrates
0/0
Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear, and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the…
Neuroscientists, therefore, are compelled to be philosophical
— Neurophilosophy
— Neurophilosophy
In mammals, males have XY karyotype, while females have an XX karyotype. In birds, it is the opposite.
In some reptiles, the sex of offspring is determined not genetically, but by environmental factors: if you are a snapping turtle, you will be female if your mother laid the egg you are in on sand whose temperature is at the extreme low of 20° or the extreme high of about 30°; you will be male if the temperature is somewhere in between.
— Neurophilosophy
In some reptiles, the sex of offspring is determined not genetically, but by environmental factors: if you are a snapping turtle, you will be female if your mother laid the egg you are in on sand whose temperature is at the extreme low of 20° or the extreme high of about 30°; you will be male if the temperature is somewhere in between.
— Neurophilosophy
During World War II, Henry Beecher and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School made a fundamental observation. In the first systematic study of its kind, they found that soldiers suffering from severe battle wounds often experienced little or no pain. Indeed, many of the wounded expressed surprise at this odd dissociation.
Beecher, an anesthesiologist, concluded that the perception of pain depends on its context. For instance, the pain of an injured soldier on the battlefield would presumably be mitigated by the imagined benefits of being removed from danger, whereas a similar injury in a domestic setting would present quite a different set of circumstances that could exacerbate the pain (loss of work, financial liability, and so on).
Beecher, an anesthesiologist, concluded that the perception of pain depends on its context. For instance, the pain of an injured soldier on the battlefield would presumably be mitigated by the imagined benefits of being removed from danger, whereas a similar injury in a domestic setting would present quite a different set of circumstances that could exacerbate the pain (loss of work, financial liability, and so on).
0/0
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/regulars/55561/wittgensteins-forgotten-lesson.
When Wittgenstein was once discussing his favourite novel, The Brothers Karamazov, with Maurice Drury, Drury said that he found the character of Father Zossima impressive. Of Zossima, Dostoevsky writes: "It was said that... he had absorbed so many secrets, sorrows, and avowals into his soul that in the end he had acquired so fine a perception that he could tell at the first glance from the face of a stranger what he had come for, what he wanted and what kind of torment racked his conscience." "Yes," said Wittgenstein, "there really have been people like that, who could see directly into the souls of other people and advise them."