Understanding the biological basis of consciousness or subjective experience is one of the most exciting and challenging projects of this century. For many reasons, an evolutionary approach to this ...

There’s a reason why ancient wisdom never truly grows old. Long before science tried to trace the journey of life through fossils and genes, Indian philosophy had already told that story through ...

The science of consciousness has not lived up to expectations. Over the summer, the neuroscientist Christof Koch conceded defeat on his 25-year bet with the philosopher David Chalmers, a lost wager ...

India, Oct. 1 -- It is now becoming something of a cliche in various circles of modern life - from religion to psychology to holistic medicine - to use the phrase "body-mind-soul" or "body-mind- ...

Finally, we get to the evolution of the human species, whose brains have reflective consciousness (and abstract, symbolic mental representations)—the ability not only to imagine and to plan but also ...