Commentary on Daniel Dennett on Sean Carroll’s podcast: Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image Part II

We are continuing our commentary into Dennett and Carroll’s second hour. They discuss zombies and free will, among other things.…

Commentary on Daniel Dennett on Sean Carroll’s podcast: Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image Part I

The last BQTA post was the unadorned transcript of the conversation between Dan Dennett and Sean Carroll published on 1/6/20,…

Who’s your favorite living philosopher? For physicist Sean Carroll, it’s Dan Dennett. And why not? Dennett is committed to a…

If a neuroscientist licks your brain while you are eating a chocolate bar, would your brain taste like chocolate? Eating…

“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.” —from Seduction of the Minotaur, by Anaïs…

Our great friend Barry Stroud died August 9. He was widely admired, respected and loved. From the UC Berkeley Philosophy…

Philosophy is at its best when it is digging around at corners in our world-view that we don’t understand, forcing…

Barry Stroud is one of the most important and respected philosophers of his generation. His work is a “long-standing…

Here at BQTA, we beg to differ. Atheism is not only consistent with science and the scientific method, but…

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