Huenemanniac

Getting distracted by ideas

March 2016

  • Philosophical zombies and 1984

    (from today’s “Zombie Zymposium”) I’d like to discuss two things. First, I’ll discuss the quasi-technical use of “zombies” in recent discussions of the philosophy of consciousness. I’ll call these entities “philosophical zombies” since, as we’ll see, they are not much like the zombies more commonly featured in movies and TV shows. Secondly, I’d like to… Continue reading

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  • Defining the divine

    Here is a big question: Is anything divine? It’s easiest simply to assume (for now) that there is a natural world, and that this world is pretty much what it appears to be (with corrections supplied through scientific inquiry, of course). The question then is whether that assumption will be sufficient for our knowledge and… Continue reading