Philosopher Hilary Putnam talks about the concept of the mind, and how it's changed since the time of the early Greeks. He notes that Descartes was the first to say intellect, soul and mind are one and the same thing.
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus is skeptical about cases in which people claim to recall horrific experiences that they've previously repressed. "I believe in many instances they are a product of suggestion, imagination and som...
Sigmund Freud used a technique called psychoanalysis to discover the origins of his patient's illnesses, origins thought to deeply buried in the subconscious. For years, whatever the disorder, psychoanalysis was the therapy of choice. But as t...