Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks have been doing a nice job of creating a fun and thought provoking series of … More
Tag: Consciousness
Consciousness: An Object Lesson
Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks have been having an entertaining series of conversations in the on-line section of the New … More
Imaginative Understanding of Murder
In criminal trials, juries are often asked to figure out what kind of thought process was going on in the … More
What Is It Like to Be a Dog?
“Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.” —Tom Nagel One of … 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
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
