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Is the ultimate nature of reality mental?
Philosopher Wilfrid Sellars had a term for the world as it appears, the “manifest image.” This is the world as we perceive it. In it, an apple is an apple, something red or green with a certain shape, a range … Continue reading →
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Tagged Consciousness, donald hoffman, Idealism, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy of science
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Platonism and the non-physical
On occasion, I’ve been accused of being closed-minded. (Shocking, I know.) Frequently the reason is not seriously considering non-physical propositions, a perception of rigid physicalism. However, as I’ve noted before, I’m actually not entirely comfortable with the “physicalist” label (or … Continue reading →
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Tagged Consciousness, Metaphysics, Philosophy, physicalism, Platonism
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xkcd: Squirrel Plan
I have to say that this is along the lines of what I think about when people confidently assert the existence of the multiverse, their favorite interpretation of quantum physics, or any other metaphysical assertion. via xkcd: Squirrel Plan.
Posted in Zeitgeist
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Tagged comic, Epistemology, Knowledge, Metaphysics, Multiverse, Philosophy, Science, Web comic, xkcd
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A dialogue on compatibilism
Click through for the full version. see the rest at: A Dialogue on Compatibilism – Existential Comics. This edition of Existential Comics manages to summarize most of the free will debate. I especially like the discussion on libertarian free will on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Causality, Compatibilism, Existential Comics, Free will, Incompatibilism, Libertarianism (metaphysics), Metaphysics, Moral responsibility, Philosophy
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Logic has empirical foundations, sort of.
Massimo Pigliucci has an interesting post at Scientia Salon on philosophical zombies. Massimo looks at David Chalmers’s argument for philosophical zombie arguments and, I think, does an excellent job at showing the problems with them. But in the discussion, a … Continue reading →
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Tagged logic, Mathematics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, philosophy of mathematics, Philosophy of science, Science
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The Marionette’s Lament : A Response to Daniel Dennett : : Sam Harris
Dear Dan— I’d like to begin by thanking you for taking the time to review Free Will at such length. Publicly engaging me on this topic is certainly preferable to grumbling in private. Your writing is admirably clear, as always, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Dan, Dan Dennett, Daniel Dennett, Dualism, Free will, Harris, Jerry Coyne, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Sam Harris
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