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an informal philosophy blog by Gregg Shores

Category: Physics

Free Will, an essay by Jenann Ismael

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

Albert Einstein, Alex Rosenberg, In Cold Blood, Quantum Mechanics, Richard Dawkins, SamHarris, Stephen Hawking

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says

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

Atheism, Carlo Rovelli, Einstein, Evolution, Jonathan Haidt, Marcelo Gleiser, New Atheists, Old Testament, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Rare Earth, Scientific American, Zombies

Carroll, Chalmers, and the Hard Problem: a Commentary, Part I

What is consciousness anyway?  And how did it get here?  How can 3 pounds of brain tissue create conscious experience?  … More

Artificial Intelligence, Color, Consciousness, Darwin, David Chalmers, Evolution, Sean Carroll

David Chalmers and Sean Carroll

Are you conscious? Am I? Maybe we are zombies, or simulated characters in a video game played by a more … More

Alan Turing, Bats, Color, Eliminative Materialism, Giulio Tononi, Illusionism, Logical Positivism, Ned Block, Property Dualism, qualia, Quantum Mechanics, Rudolph Carnap, Simulation, Tom Nagel, Tom Stoppard, Verificationism

The Moons of Jupiter

In this season of thanks, most of us are thankful for family and friends, for health and happiness, and for … More

Astronomy, Jupiter

HELP! MY SELF-DRIVING CAR IS A ZOMBIE!

This is the time of year to talk about monsters, and Sean Carroll does not miss the opportunity. A few … More

Artificial Intelligence, Color, Dualism, Materialism, Sean Carroll, self-driving car, Star Trek

The Materialist Who Means It

Dan Dennett is a materialist. Dualists think that there are two kinds of things in the world—mind and body. Dennett … More

Christof Koch, Color, Dan Dennett, NCC, Neurobiology, Stephen Palmer, Steven Shevell

Carroll on Color

In The Big Picture, Sean Carroll is anxious to reject religious ideas of the immortal soul, and this makes him … More

Behaviorism, Christof Koch, Color, Dan Dennett, Descartes, Dualism, Gilbert Ryle, Materialism, Neurobiology, Sean Carroll, Stephen Palmer

Color and Shape

  If physics says that objects are not colored, and light is not colored, what is colored? On what is … More

Bertrand Russell, Brian Cutter, Color, David Chalmers, John Locke, Stephen Palmer

The Science of Color

Sounds, colors, heat and cold, according to modern philosophy are not qualities in objects, but perceptions in the mind. David … More

Color, Consciousness, Hume, Isaac Newton, Simon Blackburn, Stephen Palmer, Steven Shevell, UC Berkeley

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