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Beyond the “Illusionist” Label: Why Dennett’s View Deserves a Second Look
In a past exploration, we looked at the “Dennettian” view of consciousness: a world where there is no central theater and no soul—only a complex, evolved algorithm we call the self. It is a perspective of profound biological humility, pulling back the curtain to show the machinery running underneath. Yet, if this view is so…
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The Cartography of Absence: How We Map the Boundaries of Death (Part 2)
If the first chapter of our historical mapping traced a journey from physical underworlds to the cosmic pull of universal reconciliation, it ultimately left a critical assumption unchallenged: the idea that the soul is a distinct, independent entity capable of detached travel. In the centuries that followed, philosophy underwent a radical shift. Thinkers stopped merely…
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The Cartography of Absence: How We Map the Boundaries of Death (Part 1)
Every human culture is defined by how it maps the blank canvas left by death. To be human is to look into the inevitable quiet awaiting us and attempt to sketch a topography of the unknown. Historically, these maps evolved from physical, subterranean spaces where the dead gathered in collective stillness, to abstract, metaphysical states…