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9 results for "Henri Bergson"

K_1_04 Credible Consciousness

K_1_04 — Brain as Filter vs Generator

Two opposing models have dominated the consciousness debate for over a century:

filter theory reducing valve brain as receiver brain as generator William James Aldous Huxley
ZH_3_13 Verified Archaeoastronomy

ZH_3_13 — Women in Astronomy: Hypatia, Caroline Herschel, Henrietta Leavitt

Women have contributed to astronomy from antiquity to the present — often against formidable institutional barriers, many of which persisted well into the 20th century. Hypatia of Alexandria (~355–415 CE) was a renowned

women in astronomy Hypatia Caroline Herschel Henrietta Leavitt period-luminosity Harvard Computers
G_2_12 Credible Modern Frameworks

G_2_12 — Cultural Evolutionary Theory — Boyd, Richerson, and Henrich

Cultural evolutionary theory — developed primarily by Robert Boyd, Peter Richerson, and Joseph Henrich — provides a rigorous, formally modeled framework for understanding how cultural traits (beliefs, practices, technolo

cultural evolution dual inheritance gene-culture coevolution social learning imitation prestige bias
U_2_05 Verified Art, Music & Culture

U_2_05 — Photography and Visual Culture

Photography — from Greek phōs (light) + graphē (drawing) — transforms light into permanent images. Origins: the camera obscura (darkened chamber projecting inverted images through a pinhole) was known to Aristotle and us

photography visual culture daguerreotype camera obscura photojournalism documentary photography
K_2_02 Verified Consciousness

K_2_02 — Phantom Limb, Body Schema, and Embodied Consciousness

Phantom limb phenomena — the vivid perception of a limb that has been amputated — provide a unique window into the neural construction of bodily self-awareness and the relationship between consciousness and embodiment. F

phantom limb body schema V.S. Ramachandran mirror box therapy rubber hand illusion proprioception
ZC_1_03 Verified Social Science

ZC_1_03 — Cross-Cultural Psychology — Universal vs Culture-Specific Mind

Cross-cultural psychology investigates how cultural contexts shape psychological processes and whether any mental phenomena are truly universal. The central tension—between universal human nature (etic perspective) and c

cross-cultural social-science Hofstede cultural dimensions WEIRD Henrich Vygotsky
T_4_06 Verified Psychology & Social

T_4_06 — Cross-Cultural Psychology

Cross-cultural psychology investigates how culture shapes human thought, emotion, and behavior — and which psychological processes are universal versus culturally specific. The field distinguishes between etic approaches

cross-cultural psychology cultural psychology individualism collectivism Hofstede WEIRD
P_1_09 Verified Philosophy & Meaning

P_1_09 — Philosophy of Time

The philosophy of time addresses some of the deepest questions in metaphysics: Is time real or an illusion? Does the present moment have a special ontological status, or are past, present, and future equally real? Does t

philosophy of time McTaggart A-series B-series presentism eternalism
P_1_01 Verified Philosophy & Meaning

P_1_01 — The Hard Problem of Consciousness

The Hard Problem of Consciousness, defined by philosopher David Chalmers in 1995, asks: Why does physical processing in the brain give rise to subjective experience? We can explain HOW neurons fire (the "easy problems")

consciousness hard problem qualia explanatory gap Chalmers panpsychism