Journeyman Philosopher

 As I mentioned in an earlier post this month, I’m currently reading Brian Greene’s book, Until the End of Time; Mind, Matter; and Our Sear...

 Whatever you might think about Noam Chomsky’s political views, I’ve always found his philosophical views worth listening to, whether I agre...

 I’ve written on this topic before, more than once, but one could write a book on it, and Yuval Noah Harari has come very close with his lat...

I just came out of hospital Wednesday, after one week to the day. My last post was written while I was in there, so obviously not cognitivel...

 This is another question of the month from Philosophy No w. My first reaction was that the question was unanswerable, but then I realised t...

 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’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 only learned about Dennett’s passing in the latest issue of Philosophy Now (Issue 162, June/July 2024), where Daniel Hutto (Professor of...

This is a question I’ve never seen asked, let alone answered. I think there are good reasons for that, which I’ll come to later.   The lates...

 I’ve said many times that philosophy is all about argument. And if you’re serious about philosophy, you want to be challenged. And if you w...