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an informal philosophy blog by Gregg Shores

Tag: Descartes

The Mind/Body Problem, part V, The Body

Whatever else we are, we are first and foremost our bodies. We sometimes imagine we are spirits inhabiting our bodies. … More

Barry Stroud, Descartes, Gilbert Ryle, WVO Quine

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

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

Christof Koch, Consciousness, Dave Marr, Descartes, Dualism, Francis Crick, Materialism, NCC

A Tree Falls

In his discussion of the science of color, Steve Palmer pointed out that the problem with color is “reminiscent of … More

Color, Descartes, Dualism, Erwin Schrodinger, John Heil, Neurobiology, Sound, Stephen Palmer
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