The only philosopher I know who has groupies. Gotta love a bit of David Chalmers...and some amateur videography :P
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Thursday, 28 March 2013
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
A little identity puzzle...Would you still be you?
A philosopher once invited us to imagine a great battleship belonging to Theseus. At some point a plank of wood on its deck became loose and in need of replacing. Nothing unusual or controversial right? Let's see...
Theseus wonders if his ship is the same ship as before, after having part of its structure replaced. Most intuitions answer yes as this point, all we've done is a little restoration. Well, suppose we replace another part, and then another, until the entire ship is composed of entirely new matter - No materials of the original ship have endured.
Do we still want to assert that this is the same ship...
Friday, 15 March 2013
Quote of the day...
In Conversation with Richard Dawkins - Hosted by Steven Law
"It's totally illogical to say that because we don't yet know what the physics and science of the future will be, therefore instead we should put our trust in a bronze-age document written by a gang of goatherds" - Richard Dawkins
Well, agree with it or not...he's a very eloquent man ...
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Flashes of Insight...
I love how philosophy creeps into all kinds of modern media....or maybe I'm so obsessed I just want to see it in everything....
Today's Horizon ('The Creative Brain: How Insight Works') is a great example of psychological and philosophical fusion. I was hooked by the time the title flashed up to be honest, this could have been created as inspiration for my grad work :P
The discovery of thought-brain correlation was one of those paradigm shifting moments in philosophy - effectively the nail in the coffin for the Cartesian conception of mind and laying the ground for neuroscience to have a real effect...
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