Journeyman Philosopher

 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 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 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 so obvious once I explain it to you, you’ll wonder why no one else ever mentions it. I’ve pointed out a number of times before that...

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...

 Someone (Graham C Lindsay) asked me a question on Quora: Is it true that every event, without exception, is fully caused by its antecedent ...

 I’ve been doing this blog for 15 years now, and in that time some of my ideas have changed or evolved, and, in some areas, my knowledge has...

  A few years back, I wrote a ‘vanity piece’,   My philosophy in 24 dot points , which I admit is a touch pretentious. But I’ve been prompte...