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Death to 2024!

William X. Adams Posted on February 17, 2024 by William X. AdamsFebruary 17, 2024

Death In Mind, a nonfiction essay in philosophical psychology, was released January 1, 2024. Death In Mind is volume five in the award-winning Discovering the Mind series. This series of essays is the result of a fifty-year hunt for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged consciousness, death, dreams, embodiment, epistemology, introspection, karma, meditation, mind-body problem, phenomenology, philosophy, psychology, reincarnation

Brainless Book Wins Award!

William X. Adams Posted on May 17, 2021 by William X. AdamsMay 17, 2021

Mind Without Brain, a short (159 pp) nonfiction essay, is a finalist for the best nonfiction of 2021 at Next Generation Indie Book Awards (https://indiebookawards.com)! Any time an essay in philosophical psychology wins a prize, you know it has to … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged cognitive psychology, consciousness, experience, feelings, introspection, intuition, mental architecture, mind, mind-body problem, philosophical psychology, philosophy of mind, reductionism, thinking

Lugging a Body Through the World

William X. Adams Posted on April 30, 2021 by William X. AdamsMay 1, 2021

Why do we have bodies? We lug over a hundred pounds of meat and water with us everywhere we go. Wouldn’t life be better if that weren’t necessary? Our minds are connected to our bodies and therefore to the world, … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged body, body image, consciousness, embodiment, feelings, learning, mind, mind-body problem, philosophical psychology

A Mind Without a Brain?

William X. Adams Posted on January 14, 2021 by William X. AdamsJanuary 14, 2021

Is the mind the same thing as the brain? Not at all. The brain is an organ, three pounds of protein, fat, and water. The mind, though, is made of ideas, hopes, images, memories, words. Those weigh nothing, take up … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged brain, explanation, feelings, introspection, language, mental architecture, mental process, mind, mind-body problem, phenomenology, philosophical psychology, reason, reductionism

Scientific Introspection Scores a Win!

William X. Adams Posted on December 23, 2020 by William X. AdamsJanuary 14, 2021

Scientific Introspection has won the coveted BIBA award for 2020’s best independent book, nonfiction-psychology. See:  (https://bestindiebookaward.com/live/) Scientific Introspection is an essay in psychology and philosophy of science. It calls for psychologists to use introspection to investigate the mind. If you thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, BIBA award, consciousness, introspection, methodology, psi-fi, psychology, sci-fi, Scientific Introspection

Scientific Introspection Escapes!

William X. Adams Posted on September 5, 2020 by William X. AdamsSeptember 5, 2020

Scientific Introspection is my monograph on philosophical psychology in 45,000 words. It was scheduled for launch the day after Labor Day, but it escaped early because I entered the wrong date into a vendor’s website. Rather than fight with that, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction, Publishing | Tagged consciousness, dualism, empiricism, epistemology, history of psychology, introspection, methodology, patanjali, phenomenology, psychology, psychophysics, Scientific Introspection, the mind

Scientific Introspection Ready to Launch

William X. Adams Posted on August 7, 2020 by William X. AdamsAugust 7, 2020

Wait, scientific what?  It’s not sci-fi. It’s neither sci- nor fi-. Scientific Introspection is an essay in philosophical psychology, about 45,000 words. I’ll publish it online as an ebook and in paper. I have no idea how I could promote … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged consciousness, empiricism, epistemology, introspection, nondualism, phenomenology, philosophy of science, research methods, Science, Scientific Introspection

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