Yusuf Lenfest

  • Read more: Understanding the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Consciousness
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    Understanding the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Consciousness

    By Yusuf Lenfest Think of the last few times you’ve had a very lifelike dream. Running, reading, or having conversations with others, are all activities that might happen during a particularly vivid dream. But would this be considered consciousness? Surely being in a state of sleep is not the same as being in a waking…

  • Read more: Medicine and Ethics: Religious or Secular?
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    Medicine and Ethics: Religious or Secular?

    By Yusuf Lenfest There is no lack of controversy when talking about religion and medicine in America today. Medicine is studied, practiced, and firmly rooted in the corporal world while religion draws inspiration from texts, traditions, and the incorporeal. Yet from an historical perspective, religious pasts do shape the present, particularly in the realm of…