Journeyman Philosopher

 I was originally going to write this as an addendum to my not-so-recent post, The problem with physics , but it became obvious that it dese...

 There is an obvious rejoinder to this, which is, did we ever know what ‘mind’ means? Maybe that’s the real question I wanted to ask, but I ...

 I’ve been procrastinating about writing this post for some time, because it comes closest to a ‘theory’ of Life, the Universe and Everythin...

 I’ve read 2 articles, one in New Scientist (12 Oct 2024) and one in Philosophy Now (Issue 164, Oct/Nov 2024), which, on the surface, seem...

 I’ve recently read 2 really good books on consciousness and the mind, as well as watch countless YouTube videos on the topic, but the title...

 I watched a YouTube debate (90 mins) between Sir Roger Penrose and William Lane Craig , and, if I’m honest, I found it a bit frustrating be...

 I’m not sure I’ve ever had an original idea, but I sometimes raise one that no one else seems to talk about. And this is one of them: I con...

I’ve referenced Raymond Tallis before, and I have to say up front that I have a lot of respect for his obvious erudition and the breadth of ...

  I’ve just read A.C. Grayling’s book,   The God Argument; The Case  against  Religion and  for  Humanism   (his emphasis). It’s really a po...