Journeyman Philosopher

  Back in November 2016, so 5 years ago, I wrote a post in response to an academic paper by Donald Hoffman and Chetan Prakash called   Obj...

There are many things that cause me some anguish at the moment, not least that Donald Trump could easily be re-elected POTUS in 2024, despit...

I like to remind myself and others how little I know. It’s one of the reasons I like Quora, where I get to occasionally interact with people...

The latest issue of  Philosophy Now  (Issue 146, Oct/Nov 2021) has as its theme, ‘Reality’. The cover depicts Alice falling down the rabbit ...

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...