Journeyman Philosopher

Philosophy, at its best, challenges our long held views, such that we examine them more deeply than we might otherwise consider.

Saturday, 8 August 2009

Memetics

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Susan Blackmore is a well-known proponent of ‘memes’, and she wrote an article in New Scientist , 1 August 2009, called The Third Replicator...
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Sunday, 2 August 2009

Einstein's words

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Today I bought a special edition of the science magazine, DISCOVER (July 2009), with the auspicious title, DISCOVER presents EINSTEIN . Th...
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Saturday, 1 August 2009

Interview with a disillusioned nun

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This is another radio interview (Friday 31 July 2009) which I strongly recommend, both inspiring and counter-expectative. (The link is only...
Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Storytelling, Art and the Evolution of Mind

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This is in response to a book, On the Origin of Stories by a Kiwi academic, Brian Boyd, subtitled Evolution, Cognition and Fiction . Accord...
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Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Quantum Mechanical Philosophy

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Following on from my last post, Subjectivity: The Mind’s I (Part 1) , I read Paul Davies’ Other Worlds, for a couple of reasons. One, Hofst...
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Saturday, 20 June 2009

Subjectivity: The Mind’s I (Part I)

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The title of this post is a direct steal from Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett. The Mind’s I is the title of a book they publis...
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