Journeyman Philosopher

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

Thursday, 22 November 2018

The search for ultimate truth is unattainable

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Someone lent me a really good philosophy book called Ultimate Questions by Bryan Magee.  To quote directly from the back fly leaf cover: “B...
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Friday, 9 November 2018

Can AI be self-aware?

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I recently got involved in a discussion on Facebook with a science fiction group on the subject of artificial intelligence. Basically, it st...
Thursday, 11 October 2018

My philosophy in 24 dot points

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A friend (Erroll Treslan) posted on Facebook a link to a matrix that attempts to encapsulate the history of (Western) philosophy by listing...
Monday, 3 September 2018

Is the world continuous or discrete?

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There is an excellent series on YouTube called ‘Closer to Truth’, where the host, Richard Lawrence Kuhn, interviews some of the cleverest pe...
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Saturday, 25 August 2018

Do you know truth when you see it?

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I saw an interesting 2 part documentary on the Judgement Day (21 May 2011) prediction by Harold Camping (since deceased as of 15 Dec 2013) o...
Tuesday, 21 August 2018

Is the world an illusion?

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This is the latest Question of the Month in Philosophy Now (Issue 127, August/September 2018). I don't enter them all, but I confess I...
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Paul P. Mealing

Paul P. Mealing
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