Dan Dennett casts doubt on the idea that neurons produce anything other than further neural processes and behavior in a … More
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The Mind-Body Problem, part II
We are continuing our excursion through a modified version of John Heil’s article “The Mind-Body Problem”. See Part I for … More
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
Carroll on Color
In The Big Picture, Sean Carroll is anxious to reject religious ideas of the immortal soul, and this makes him … More
Materialists who don’t mean it: the Dualism of Crick and Koch
Francis Crick opened his book The Astonishing Hypothesis with this salvo: Q: What is the soul? A: The soul is … More
What’s your philosophy?
What’s your philosophy? One philosopher tells a story that when he gets this question at parties, he answers “Never wait … More
“Answer”
Here at Better Questions Than Answers we specialize in questions. Today, however, an “Answer”— a short short story by Fredric … More
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