"Some scholars argue that although the brain might……" — Paul Bloom
"Some scholars argue that although the brain might contain neural subsystems, or modules, specialized for tasks like recognizing faces and understanding language, it also contains a part that constitutes a person, a self: the chief executive of all the subsystems."
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39 Quotes by Paul Bloom
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Our best hope for the future [...] lies in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize…
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If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that…
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We don't just respond to things as we see them, or feel them, or hear them. Rather, our response is…
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We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive…
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Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with…
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Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.
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