Journeyman Philosopher

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

Thursday, 19 September 2024

Prima Facie; the play

I went and saw a film made of a live performance of this highly rated play, put on by the National Theatre at the Harold Pinter Theatre in ...

Saturday, 7 September 2024

Science and religion meet at the boundary of humanity’s ignorance

I watched a YouTube debate (90 mins) between Sir Roger Penrose and William Lane Craig , and, if I’m honest, I found it a bit frustrating be...

Thursday, 29 August 2024

How scale demonstrates that mathematics is intrinsically entailed in the Universe

I momentarily contemplated another title: Is the Planck limit an epistemology or an ontology? Because that’s basically the topic of a YouTu...

Sunday, 28 July 2024

When truth becomes a casualty, democracy is put at risk

You may know of Raimond Gaita as the author of Romulus, My Father , a memoir of his childhood, as the only child of postwar European parent...

Monday, 22 July 2024

Zen and the art of flow

This was triggered by a newsletter I received from ABC Classic (Australian radio station) with a link to a study done on ‘flow’ , which is ...

Friday, 5 July 2024

The universal quest for meaning

I’ve already cited Philosophy Now (Issue 162, June/July 2024) in my last 2 posts and I’m about to do it again. Every issue has a theme, and...

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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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