Abstract:This article argues for a revised understanding of Coleridge's aesthetics of the preternatural by analyzing them through the lens of his long-standing engagement with the phenomenology and hermeneutics of ghost-seeing. Focusing first on critical works such as The Friend, The Statesman's Manual, and Coleridge's notes on Hamlet, I contend that Coleridge articulates an account of...
PLoS OneJanuary 2, 2013Giovanni Battistella, Eleonora Fornari, A. Thomas et al.
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug, however its effects on cognitive functions underling safe driving remain mostly unexplored. Our goal was to evaluate the impact of cannabis on the driving ability of occasional smokers, by investigating changes in the brain network involved in a tracking task. The subject characteristics, the percentage of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the joint, and...
We thank Stuart Hameroff for detailing the intellectual history of the Orch OR model. However, re-rooting its foundations in a form of monism begs more questions than it answers. Even ignoring the problematic conclusion that—then—all forms of matter (rocks, air, grass, protozoa etc.) have minds, we still find it hard to understand how his mind-component of matter influences the...