Tom Stoppard’s 2015 play The Hard Problem centres on an argument about the eponymous philosophical concept related to the study of consciousness, a phrase coined by the Australian analytic philosopher David Chalmers. The play’s investment in philosophy of mind results in heavily discursive dialogue, which many critics of the play felt rendered the script more like a series of arguments than a...
Lin’s book offers a rigorous and compelling historical study drawing together debates and concepts about human consciousness, embodied experience, and the actor’s mind and practice in early twentieth-century Russia. It is a thoroughly researched, elegantly written study accessible to newcomers to this rich theatrical moment as well as specialists.
abstract:Throughout his literary career, the poet and dramatist W.B. Yeats displayed a keen interest in the phenomenology of the mental image as well as a deep curiosity about the possible mystical functions of the imagination. This article examines the impact of Yeats's evolving set of beliefs about the power of imaginative vision, including those derived from readings in occult philosophy and...