2012

Volume 33, Numbers 3 and 4, Summer and Autumn

Computers, Persons, and the Chinese Room. Part 2: The Man Who Understood
Ricardo Restrepo

A Theory of Hemispheric Specialization Based on Cortical Columns
Robert A. Moss, Ben P. Hunter, Dhara Shah, and T.L. Havens

Dreaming: Physiological Sources, Biological Functions, Psychological Implications
Matthew Merced

Counterfactuals, Belief, and Inquiry by Thought Experiment
Jonathan Leicester

Déjà Vu Explained? A Qualitative Perspective
Luke Strongman

The Equilibration of the Self and the Sense of Sublation: Spirituality in Thought, Music, and Meditation
Ed Dale

Book Review

The Spiritual Gift of Madness: The Failure of Psychiatry and the Rise of the Mad Pride Movement
Book Author: Seth Farber
Reviewed by Richard Gosden

Volume 33, Numbers 1 and 2, Winter and Spring

Toward an Existential and Transpersonal Understanding of Christianity: Commonalities Between Phenomenologies of Consciousness, Psychologies of Mysticism, and Early Gospel Accounts, and Their Significance for the Nature of Religion
Harry T. Hunt, Brock University

Computers, Persons, and the Chinese Room. Part 1: The Human Computer
Ricardo Restrepo, Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales

An Evolutionary Perspective on Happiness and Mental Health
Bjørn Grinde, Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Meditation on a Mousetrap: On Consciousness and Cognition, Evolution, and Time
Stephen E. Robbins, Fidelity Information Services

Teleology and the Meaning of Life
Osamu Kiritani, New England Institute for Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Studies

Consistent Nihilism
Jasper Doomen, Leiden University

Book Review

Islam and Science: The Intellectual Career of Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi
Book Author: Robert G. Morrison
Reviewed by John Walbridge, Indiana University