Journeyman Philosopher

I’ve referenced Raymond Tallis before, and I have to say up front that I have a lot of respect for his obvious erudition and the breadth of ...

This is a well known problem based on a 1960s US television game show called  Let’s Make a Deal . How closely it resembles that particular s...

  The short answer, I believe, is Yes , but whether it will be positive or negative is up for conjecture. If history is any guide, I’d have ...

  Yes, this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, or tongue in someone else’s cheek to borrow a well-worn witticism. This arose from reading an intervie...

  This post is based on an interaction I had on Quora. When people discuss the twin paradox ( like I did ), they always discuss the differen...

This is a post I wrote on Quora, in answer to the question:   If I believe that life is completely meaningless, am I an existentialist or a ...