Elisa Filevich, Martin Dresler, Timothy R. Brick and Simone Kühn Lucid dreaming is a state of awareness that one is dreaming, without leaving the sleep state. Dream reports show that self-reflection and volitional control are more pronounced in lucid compared with nonlucid dreams. Mostly on these grounds, lucid dreaming has been associated with metacognition. However, […]

Tom Froese & Thomas Fuchs There is a growing realization in cognitive science that a theory of embodied intersubjectivity is needed to better account for social cognition. We highlight some challenges that must be addressed by attempts to interpret ‘simulation theory’ in terms of embodiment, and argue for an alternative approach that integrates phenomenology and […]

‘Esprit de Corps’ and the French Revolutionary Crisis, a paper by Luis de Miranda The word solidarity is a borrowing from the French solidarité, which until the nineteenth century had the restricted legal meaning of a contractual obligation. I argue that in the pre-revolutionary decades, a newly born French lexeme was much closer to what […]

German codetermination without nationalization, and British nationalization without codetermination by Rebecca Zahn Codetermination – worker participation in management – forms part of the industrial relations traditions of a number of European countries. Among these, the German system of parity codetermination (paritätische Mitbestimmung) – the focus of this article – provides the greatest level of involvement […]

Functional Neuroimaging of Belief, Disbelief, and Uncertainty Authors of the article: Sam Harris, Sameer A. Sheth, MD, PhD and Mark S. Cohen, PhD Objective: The difference between believing and disbelieving a proposition is one of the most potent regulators of human behavior and emotion. When one accepts a statement as true, it becomes the basis […]