Journeyman Philosopher

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

18 July 2025

Evil arises out of complacency

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 I was going to post this on Facebook and still might, but I think my blog a more apposite home.   Evil arises out of complacency, which is ...
24 June 2025

The infinite monkey theorem and the anthropic principle

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 I was originally going to write this as an addendum to my not-so-recent post, The problem with physics , but it became obvious that it dese...
17 June 2025

Sympathy and empathy; what’s the difference?

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 This arose from an article I read in Philosophy Now (Issue 167, April/May 2025) by James R. Robinson, who developed his ideas while writin...
09 June 2025

The problem with physics

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 This title could be easily misconstrued, as it gives the impression that there is only one problem in physics and if we could solve that, e...
29 May 2025

The role of the arts. Why did it evolve? Will AI kill it?

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 As I mentioned in an earlier post this month, I’m currently reading Brian Greene’s book, Until the End of Time; Mind, Matter; and Our Sear...
23 May 2025

Insights into writing fiction

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 This is a series of posts I published on Quora recently, virtually in one day, in response to specific questions, so I thought it worth pos...
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Paul P. Mealing

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