Neuroessentiaism is the theory that our conscious experience is nothing more than our brain activity. In this view, the definitive way of explaining psychological experience is by reference to the brain. Marsha interviews doctoral candidate in clinical...بقلم The Great Connections

Jake Ilson is a tech advocate and ambitious 22 year old. He was a young 16 year-old when he first attended The Great Connections Seminar. Hear him describe how it changed his life in a far more profound way than his deep experience at Outward Bound,بقلم The Great Connections

How much of who you are is really under your control? What are your limits? How much of you is determined by biology, by the world around you? What makes you you? These questions have been debated for millennia. And the popularity of personality tests show that we still enjoy and have difficulty gaining insight to ourselves.…

You’ve seen the violence on campuses: the shouting down of speakers, the physical attack on people of opposing ideologies. You’ve also probably heard that words are considered violence. Where did all of this come from? From the ideas of Postmodernism. Understanding this philosophy is key to understanding our culture at large today. We discuss this …

Another aspect of taking control of your own mind is learning to think in principle. Co-hosts Marsha Familaro Enright and Liz Parker examine the ways in which this practice enables you to efficiently and effectively analyze and identify ideas,بقلم The Great Connections

Each person constructs his or her own mind -- whether they know it or not! If you want to live independently as a free person, you need to be aware of what ideas you hold. Every human mind works by using ideas, with broad philosophical ideas at their base. But not every person realizes exactly with what philosophical and psychological ideas they ar…