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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn

The Mind-Body Problem
The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Mind as Quality

Thought Probes

Pan-en-theism: Is it plausible to believe that we are living inside God’s brain?

Panentheism
(http://www.templeton.org/humbleapproach/Panentheism/default.asp)

Report on a symposium sponsored by the Templeton Foundation
Science and the Future of Theology--Critical Issues
(http://www.ctinquiry.org/publications/peacocke.htm)

Article by Arthur Peacocke (Oxford University) describing the relationship between science and theology
Emergence, Mind, and Divine Action
(http://www.pul.it/irafs/CD%20IRAFS'02/texts/Peacocke.pdf)

Article by Arthur Peacocke (Oxford University) defending his panentheism
God in Relation to Nature
(http://www.ctinquiry.org/publications/polkinghorne.htm)

Article by John Polkinghorne (Queens College) criticizing Peacocke's panentheism
Placebos: Does the effectiveness of placebos lend credence to the claim that the mind has a downward causal effect on the body?

Mind Over Matter: Do Placebos Work?
(http://www.mad.scientist.org/features/placebos.html)

Article by Sandra Roberts for Mad Science Nation
How Could Conscious Experience Affect Brains?
(http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00002750/01/JCSVelmans2001.final.htm)

Article by Max Velmans (University of London) outlining a model for understanding mental causation
Sweet Nothings: Placebos Really Don't Work
(http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/placebo010524.html)

Article by Amy Malick for ABC News
Putting Placebos to Work
(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/134452754_placebo12.html)

Article by Barbara Feder Ostrov from the San Jose Mercury News
Pondering the Placebo Effect
(http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/838762.asp)

Article by Ted Kaptchuck et. al. for MSNBC News