Recent work on decision-making suggests that we are a conglomeration of multiple decision-making information-processing systems. In this paper, I address consequences of this work on decision-making processes for three philosophical conceptualizations that can be categorized as forms of dualism. 1. A rejection of Cartesian dualism. Although most scientists reject the existence of a separate non...

Introduction This essay is an investigation into the existence of a very unusual and—some would say—unacceptably exotic type of property: namely, the property of being a certain individual; or, if you prefer, the property of being identical to a certain individual. In other words, this essay will investigate whether—in spite of their exotic nature—there are thisnesses, and, in particular, wheth...

Within academia, wireless sensor networks have witnessed a tremendous upsurge in the last decade, which is mainly attributed to their unprecedented operating conditions and hence unlimited research challenges. Within industry, the projected business opportunities are huge with, e.g. according to Frost & Sullivan, an expected market size of approximately $2b by 2012 at a compound annual growth r...

There has in recent years been a significant surge of interest in non-materialist accounts of the mind. Property dualists hold that all substances (concrete particulars that persist over time) are material, but mental properties are distinct from physical properties. Substance dualists maintain that the mind or person is a non-material substance. This article considers the prospects for substan...

This paper will highlight the complicated political contexts that underpin discussions of intellectual property and Indigenous knowledge within Australia. On one level it aims to provide some contextual information about the development of new intellectual property strategies for protecting Indigenous knowledge. It seeks to respond to an increasing disjuncture: where international discussions d...

Ajarring surprise greets the reader of 20th century psychosomatic literature who comes to it after having been immersed in 17th and 18th century materials. The mind-body dualism credited to Descartes is referred to with uncommon frequency and is usually said to have exercised an overwhelmingly negative influence on modem medicine. Roy R. Grinker, for example, bitterly blames Cartesian dualism f...

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This paper develops a simple macroeconomic model that shows that combining capital market imperfections together with unequal access to investment opportunities across individuals can generate endogenous and permanent fluctuations in aggregate GDP, investment, and interest rates. Reducing inequality of access may be a necessary condition for macroeconomic stabilization. Moreover, countercyclica...

1. Consider the basic outlines of the mind-body debate as it is found in contemporary Anglo-American analytic philosophy. The central question is “whether mental phenomena are physical phenomena, and if not, how they relate to physical phenomena.” Over the centuries, a wide range of possible solutions to this problem have emerged. These are the various “isms” familiar to any student of the deba...