Melinda Esen
melindaesen.bsky.social
Melinda Esen
@melindaesen.bsky.social
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What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Yeni sezona başlıyoruz!

Ekim ayında birbirinden değerli konuk ve konularla YouTube kanalımızda sizi bekliyoruz.

Hatırlatıcılar: youtube.com/@onculanalit...
September 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Closer To Truth (CTT) recently broadcast a 13-part Philosophy of Biology series on Public Broadcasting Service stations nationwide in the US. These free resources may be of interest to PSA members for teaching, research, and/or outreach purposes.

closertotruth.com/project/phil...
Philosophy of Biology - Closer To Truth
Philosophy of Biology has two sides: the process of science and the content of biology. We address key questions. What is the nature of life? How does evolution work and what… video Why Philosophy of ...
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June 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Really cool study using neuroscience-inspired methods reveals tissue-level information integration and network changes. This bridges neural & general biological information processing. #biology #tissues #Regenerativemedicine . #computationalbiology journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Revealing non-trivial information structures in aneural biological tissues via functional connectivity
Author summary A central challenge in understanding several diverse processes in biology, including morphogenesis, wound healing, and development, is learning from empirical data how information is in...
journals.plos.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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J. P. Moreland'ın bilinç argümanı üzerine yazdığım yüksek lisans tezime aşağıdaki linkten ulaşabilirsiniz.

"Tanrı'nın Varlığı Açısından Bilinç Argümanı: J. P. Moreland Örneği" (İbrahim Yeşua Özçelik)

www.academia.edu/102484189/TA...
TANRI'NIN VARLIĞI AÇISINDAN BİLİNÇ ARGÜMANI: J. P. MORELAND ÖRNEĞİ (İBRAHİM YEŞUA ÖZÇELİK)
Tanrı'nın varlığına dair öne sürülen argümanların bir kısmı, doğal sebep-sonuç ilişkilerine dayanan açıklamaların yetersiz olduğu durumlardan hareket etmektedir. Günümüzde bilincin doğası da hala ...
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April 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Myth, history and aesthetics ⚜️🪽
April 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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There's a new video clip in which I explain why I think there's no problem of mind-body interaction, ahead of a future debate on the topic with the same channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziov...
The Myth of the Interaction Problem
YouTube video by Emerson Green
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April 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Everything for art, everything through art!
December 13, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Watched Gladiator 2 last night. Marcus Aurelius’ shadow felt alive, almost like a character, beautifully emphasizing the generational divide. And that Cicero quote? It made me happy, like running into an old friend 🏛️
December 1, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Şehirlerin de ruhu var. Hikayede sadece bir dekor değil hikayenin anlatıcısı olarak yer alıyor, hatta bazen hikayeye kendi geçmişleriyle katılan bir karakter oluyorlar.

Art: Kaoru Yamada
November 29, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Kadın, baharı ruhunda taşır.
November 28, 2024 at 7:10 AM
İlginç ama insan mahremiyetini feda ettiğinde yeniden başlama hakkını da kaybediyor. Dijital ayak iziyle seçimlerin gölgesinde, kırılmaya dirençli bir döngüde, kendini yeniden yaratmayı, kendini affetmeyi "unutulma hakkı" ile birlikte kaybediyor.
November 25, 2024 at 7:01 AM
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Congratulations to @drmichaellevin for being recognized as among the Vox 50 Innovators, Thinkers, and Changemakers for 2024!

@voxdotcom

His work is constantly and deeply inspiring my own ! 🔥🙏

Much needed light into this dark world
November 24, 2024 at 10:24 AM
November 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.”

John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Let’s philosophize!

With wonder and a love of wisdom, your inner world will deepen and expand.
Happy World Philosophy Day!
November 21, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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Saikal, warrior-heroine Amazon in the Central Asian epic "Manas"
engraving by Teodor Gercen
Kyrghiz postage stamp 1995
cover of my book "The Amazons" and fig 24.2
illustrated epic
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November 19, 2024 at 10:41 PM
November 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM
In academia, 'writing' is a sign of life —just like a pulse or pupil reaction. And to live, one needs energy, like ATP... I guess I can use ATP at nights :)
August 31, 2024 at 12:41 AM