John Stoehr

John Stoehr is the editor and publisher of the Editorial Board, a newsletter about politics for normal people. He's a visiting assistant professor of public policy at Wesleyan, a fellow at the Yale Journalism Initiative, a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, and a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches.

Archive**, ScienceOctober 19, 2009

You Are More Than Your Brain: A Revolutionary Theory of Consciousness

By John Stoehr

Science tells us that our minds, our consciousness, our very selves, reside in our physical brains. But what if this model, relying as it does on a seventeenth century understanding of mind and matter, is outdated? Philosopher Alva Noë proposes a revolutionary alternative.