Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks have been having an entertaining series of conversations in the on-line section of the New … More
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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
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 and Shape
If physics says that objects are not colored, and light is not colored, what is colored? On what 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
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