Journeyman Philosopher

It so happens that this topic arose indirectly on 2 blogs I follow: Stephen Law and Larry Niven’s Rust Belt Philosophy (see my blog roll...

This is not a singularity you find in black holes or at the origin of the universe – this is a metaphorical singularity entailing the breakt...

I never intended this to be a political blog, but the front page of this morning’s Age (Melbourne daily) reignited a righteous anger I fir...

It’s a sad indictment that I should feel it necessary to write this post, but the blogosphere, at least considerable sections of it, are ...

There is a quote from Physics Nobel Laureate, Eugene Wigner, that appears in the first sentence on the front fly leaf cover of Mario Livi...

The original title of this post was Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness . This is perhaps the hardest of subjects to tackle. I’ve just...