Journeyman Philosopher

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

Tuesday, 16 August 2022

How does science work?

This post effectively piggybacks onto my last post, because, when it comes to knowledge and truth, nothing beats science except mathematics...

Wednesday, 10 August 2022

What is knowledge? And is it true?

This is the subject of a YouTube video I watched recently by Jade. I like Jade’s and Tibees’ videos, because they are both young Australia...

Tuesday, 2 August 2022

AI and sentience

I am a self-confessed sceptic that AI can ever be ‘sentient’, but I’m happy to be proven wrong. Though proving that an AI is sentient might ...

Sunday, 10 July 2022

Creative and analytic thinking

I recently completed an online course with a similar title, How to Think Critically and Creatively . It must be the 8th or 9th course I’ve d...

Saturday, 11 June 2022

Does the "unreasonable effectiveness of Mathematics" suggest we are in a simulation?

This was a question on Quora, and I provided 2 responses: one being a comment on someone else’s post (whom I follow); and the other being ...

Saturday, 4 June 2022

An impossible thought experiment

I recently watched a discussion between Roger Penrose and Jordan Peterson, which was really a question and answer session, with Peterson as...

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Paul P. Mealing

Paul P. Mealing: Check out my book, ELVENE. Available as e-book and as paperback (print on demand, POD). Also this promotional Q&A on-line.

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