Archives for posts tagged ‘science’

Brain Scans, Broken Things

Neurological Imaging Supports Philosophy

The Will To Existentialism

Nihilism, Existentialism: Nietzsche, Sartré: Fight! [Compare and discuss the differences between Nihlism and Existentialism, and where these differences shepherd the modern mind (poor sheep that it is.)

Absurdism on the Brain

As if I needed another reason to read more Kafka, this recently dug-up Miller-McCune article states: “Absurdist literature, it appears, stimulates our brains.” Apparently, making sense of an absurd tale, drawing the connections necessary to a coherent plot, makes us more sharp. The studies had participants–under the illusion the story they’d be reading would make [...]