Category Archives: Metaphysics

Philosophical Zombies with Chairs in Philosophy of Mind, or Confessions of a Neo-Dualist

Posted on February 22, 2014 by

For Rebecca Goldstein Daniel Dennett called one of his books Consciousness Explained. He should have called it Why, Even with My Gifts, I Cannot Explain Consciousness Away. Dennett gives a compelling account of how various unconscious events occur in our … Continue reading →

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It’s about Time

Posted on February 22, 2014 by

   A brief tour of fascinating (and lunatic) notions that philosophers (and a few poets) have had about time.  The Mystery of Time “What then is time? If no one asks me, I know; if I wish to explain it … Continue reading →

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