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The Fractured Mirror: How Personal Identity Became Philosophy’s Most Contentious Battleground
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Continue reading →: The Fractured Mirror: How Personal Identity Became Philosophy’s Most Contentious BattlegroundThe ongoing debate surrounding consciousness highlights a divide in the scientific community regarding its nature and measurement. While reductionism seeks to explain consciousness through neural activity, phenomenology emphasises subjective experience, and panpsychism proposes that consciousness is inherent in all matter. Each approach presents unique challenges, indicating a need for integrated…
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Continue reading →: The Lily and the RoseCanterbury, England – 13th June, 1625 The morning mist clung to the ancient stones of Canterbury like a shroud, and I found myself wondering if it was an omen. From my chamber window in St Augustine’s Abbey, I could see the townspeople gathering despite the early hour, their faces a…
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Breaking Barriers in Medicine: The Remarkable Legacy of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
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Continue reading →: Breaking Barriers in Medicine: The Remarkable Legacy of Dr. Rebecca Lee CrumplerDr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S., overcame significant racial and gender barriers in the 19th century. Her groundbreaking work included serving marginalised communities and advocating for women’s health. Crumpler’s legacy endures, highlighting the ongoing fight for equity in healthcare.
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The Consciousness Conundrum: Why Science Struggles with Subjective Experience
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Continue reading →: The Consciousness Conundrum: Why Science Struggles with Subjective ExperienceThe debate on consciousness remains unresolved within the scientific community, highlighting a crisis in understanding subjective experience. Researchers explore various approaches, including reductionism, phenomenology, and panpsychism, each facing challenges in bridging the explanatory gap. Future progress may require integrating insights from diverse perspectives to unravel this complex phenomenon.
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Continue reading →: The Gift of Words12th June 1942, Amsterdam The morning light filtered through the lace curtains of our sitting room at Merwedeplein 37, casting delicate shadows across the wooden floor like fragments of a broken dream. I pressed my face against the cool window glass, watching the familiar street below—bicycles threading between the occasional…
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Continue reading →: W3 Prompt #163: Wea’ve Written WeeklyHere’s my competition entry: a pair of reversible rhyming sonnets. The first (“Fragments”), inspired by last week’s winner – That Summer by Kim Whysall-Hammond – serves as the input. The second (“Transitions”) draws from one of the scrambled variations generated by the delightfully bonkers N+7 Machine. A mind-bogglingly tricky brief…
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Mary Allen Wilkes: The Forgotten Pioneer Who Brought Computing Home
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Continue reading →: Mary Allen Wilkes: The Forgotten Pioneer Who Brought Computing HomeMary Allen Wilkes, an eighth-grade geography teacher’s student, became a pioneering computer programmer who developed the operating system for one of the first personal computers, the LINC. Despite substantial contributions, she faced gender discrimination, with her work often underestimated. Wilkes later pursued a successful legal career, highlighting women’s vital role…
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The Validity Crisis in Mental Health Diagnosis: Between Science and Social Construction
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Continue reading →: The Validity Crisis in Mental Health Diagnosis: Between Science and Social ConstructionThe debate in psychiatry centres on whether mental illness diagnoses are genuine medical conditions or social constructs. The DSM provides a framework for diagnosis but lacks biological validity, relying instead on subjective symptom checklists. Criticisms include potential overdiagnosis, cultural biases, and the impact on stigma and healthcare access. Future approaches…
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Continue reading →: The Philosopher’s Storm11th June, 173 AD – The Rain-Soaked Battlefields of Moravia (modern day Czech Republic) The mud beneath my sandals tells the story of empire better than any historian’s scroll. Each squelching step through this Moravian marsh speaks of Rome’s reach—how far we have stretched our fingers from the seven hills,…
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The Brilliant Mind Behind the Cori Cycle: Gerty Cori’s Battle for Scientific Recognition
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Continue reading →: The Brilliant Mind Behind the Cori Cycle: Gerty Cori’s Battle for Scientific RecognitionGerty Cori, the first American woman Nobel laureate in Medicine, fought against systemic sexism throughout her career. Despite groundbreaking contributions to biochemistry, notably the Cori cycle, she faced significant institutional barriers and under-recognition. Her story highlights the ongoing bias women encounter in science and the crucial need to acknowledge their…
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