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The Limits of Brain Science: Why Correlation Isn’t Explanation

Here we examine the relationship between the brain and experience, and challenge the common view that the brain explains our experience.

Deep Psychology Podcast
This is Deep Psychology Podcast with author and coach Ross Edwards
Psychology, meditation and self-observation for deeper self-knowledge, every Wednesday
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We explore the basic fact that the brain is physical (tissue, chemistry, electrical activity) and experience is subjective (thoughts, emotions, sensations).

These are two distinct types of phenomena that reliably correlate but cannot be couched in one another.

My philosophy episodes: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/41de4d4f-0232-4c5d-bb84-436add43f6f9

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The Boundless Body

My forthcoming book explores the relationship between body awareness and spiritual awakening.

The Boundless Body by Ross Edwards

Available 30 March 2027
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