by Omar Meriwani | Jun 12, 2024 | Philosophy, Psychology
The first thing that could be said about the book is it is one of the most important books written about moral psychology. Jonathan Haidt is the author; he is a social psychologist and one of the leaders of moral psychology. Haidt presents the idea that he mainly...
by Omar Meriwani | Mar 31, 2024 | Linguistics, Psychology
The experiment that you mentioned about the Turks and the English speakers was very interesting. The native English speakers acted differently to emotionally loaded words than Turks who learned English later in life. Can we run away from a time or a place that we...
by Omar Meriwani | Mar 29, 2024 | Philosophy, Psychology
Dennet dedicates the 6th chapter to discuss consciousness of time. The first question he raises is about an experiment where a person is asked to repeat what they hear from a recording of speech. The person can recount some of what they heard but not all, even though...
by Omar Meriwani | Mar 29, 2024 | Philosophy, Psychology
In chapter five of his book “consciousness explained”, Dennett debunks the Cartesian Theatre idea and introduces his theory: the Multiple Drafts Model. Descartes’ idea, also known as Cartesian Theatre, persisted until the 20th century. Dennett...
by Omar Meriwani | Mar 29, 2024 | Philosophy, Psychology
Heterophenomenology is defined by Dennett to be a third person perspective when studying consciousness or mental experience. It serves as Dennett’s departure point in addressing the complexities of consciousness. Phenomenology traditionally relies on a...
by Omar Meriwani | Mar 29, 2024 | Philosophy, Psychology
Dennett initiates his exploration into understanding consciousness with a captivating question: are our brains in a vat? And he asks us to consider this: what if we were plugged into a supercomputer that helps us understand our experience of consciousness?...
