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On 19 August 1874, the Irish physicist John Tyndall—now better known as the co-founder of climate science—spoke to 2,000 people for nearly two hours in Belfast's Ulster Hall. What he said generated ...

During the 20th Annual John Collins Harvey lecture, held Feb. 3 by the Georgetown University Medical Center, Dr. Joseph Fins described the case of a patient in a nonresponsive state, who underwent ...

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As used in contemporary philosophy and psychology, “consciousness” has several different uses; at least, there are different kinds of consciousness, and theories “of consciousness” have been directed ...

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