Beyond Rationality

Having dwelt yesterday on the possible incompatibility of “wisdom” (or at least rationality) and emotion, I figured it might be useful to pursue further the question of just what rationality is and how we can live with it.  In doing this I think...

Inconvenient Truths About Health Care As Industry

As I continue to argue that one of the most significant impediments to serious health care reform has been the efforts of a “consciousness industry” to induce a general acceptance of the phrase “health care industry” and thus...

Beyond Categories

As I have (too?) frequently observed, I have been heavily influenced by Gerald Edelman’s proposition that our capacity for forming perceptual categories from our sensory signals constitutes the bedrock of our very consciousness. What I may not...