The Mind-body Problem, part IV

This is the last part of our freestyle excursion through John Heil’s fine essay. See Part I for some introductory … More

The Mind/Body Problem, part III

We are continuing our excursion through a modified version of John Heil’s article “The Mind-Body Problem”. See Part I for … More

We are continuing our excursion through a modified version of John Heil’s article “The Mind-Body Problem”. See Part I for … More

Back to basics. Last year, we took a look at the introduction to John Heil’s excellent Philosophy of Mind (3rd ed, … More

a guest post by Carter Gillies April 29 is the anniversary of Wittgenstein’s death. Somehow that seems important to me, … More

Yes, Nature’s road must ever be preferred; Reason is here no guide, but still a guard: ’Tis hers to … More

Much of the time we worry about threats which are very unlikely ever to affect us. What are your chances … More

What if we tried to pursue reality to the bitter end? Not to look for what we hope to find, … More

Entering 2018, we cross into the future. What does it look like? During the last few decades we have enjoyed … More

Hubert Dreyfus was professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley from 1968 until his death last April. He was an inspiration … More