Overreliance on Digital Communication
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I recently came across an old paper by Clement Dore, entitled "Rowe on the Cosmological Argument" (1983). In it, Dore objects attempts to uphold Hume's objection to the PSR, by critiquing Rowe's defense of the principle. He writes:| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
Richard Carrier (an atheist blogger suffering from the world's most ironic god complex) thinks he has an argument to the effect that "[if] ...| sed-contra-philosophy.blogspot.com
If one is a physicalist, then presumably one thinks that consciousness emerged as a result of naturalistic evolution. From this, it would seem to follow that consciousness was selected for, i.e. that it provided some kind of adaptive advantage, which lead to conscious organisms out-competing non-conscious ones. (If consciousness is a purely physical process, then it would likely depend on rather complex biological systems, and so it is unlikely to be a spandrel that simply piggy-backed on som...| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
More people ought to read J.L. Schellenberg's excellent book Monotheism and the Rise of Science (2020), published by Cambridge University Press. In it, Schellenberg notes that there is "considerable support" for the claim that monotheism "contributed to science's early rise" (p. 4). He writes that "Monotheism and science... were not enemies at all but rather friends" (p. 47). He further notes that such a relationship might well reemerge, writing:When the total story of science’s relationshi...| Jim Reilly's Philosophy Blog
A few years back, renowned chemist Peter Atkins wrote a couple of rather silly books, in which he tried to give an account of how the univer...| sed-contra-philosophy.blogspot.com
Below is a transcript of my talk at the Process Philosophy, Plasma Cosmology, and Transpersonal Psychology meeting in Exeter, UK, which took place July 24-27, 2025. Other attendees include Robert T…| Footnotes2Plato
A Review of “Materialists” by Celine Song The title of Celine Song’s new movie is apt. She portrays a Manhattan culture of unapologetic materialism. What matters is money, youth, good l…| Peripatetic Pastor
I want to talk today about several things, to try and offer a way for people to “catch up” with the literature and theoretical side of Mille Plateaux, whilst also, hopefully, offering something “new” within that discourse, as some of you here today may not be familiar with these ideas, whereas some of you have read it all, so I hope to offer something that operates on both levels, or that resounds in both registers.| NO
The “hard problem” of consciousness is the hard problem of justifying social inequality in disguise.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
I’m grateful to Tevin Naidu for getting Deacon and Levin together. They only had 90 minutes but still managed to cover a lot of territory, including where they overlap and where some tens…| Footnotes2Plato
Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent is still the best send up to postmodern correlationism ever made. Sure, everyone hates postmodernism now. But that wasn’t always the case. From the 80s until just…| The Trickster's Guide to Geopolitics
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The recent Supreme Court ruling has merited a discussion on growth and impact of gender ideology on the left, and the importance of defending materialism in the workers' movement.| Challenge Magazine
Many people spend a great deal of time and money each year in their search for the perfect esrog. Sure, we’re supposed to seek hiddurim in our four minim, but is it so obvious what those hiddurim actually are? For years I’ve wondered if there’s any benefit in all the effort for those of us […]| Marbitz.com
Who, according to halacha, is eligible for charity? The question is practical, since halacha seems to present a clear threshold and only individuals living beneath the threshold may receive charity. What, exactly, is that threshold? Here’s what the Shulchan Aruch (Yore Deah 253:1) rules: מי שיש לו מזון שתי סעודות, לא יטול מהתמחוי. מזון י”ד […]| Marbitz.com
The spectre of “the elements” currently haunts the environmental humanities: this quasi-intuitive idea seems well on its way to replace Raymond Williams’ lamented word “Nature”.[1] Indeed, if “Natu…| Critical Posthumanism Network
In this wide-ranging history of euthanasia and assisted suicide, historian Richard Weikart takes us from the ancient Jews, Greeks, and Romans to the contemporary scene — where the urge to help people kill themselves has intensified, even to the point of pushing the reluctant towards death. How did we reach this place? Unnatural Death answers this question by tracing a complex and fascinating history of ideas, attitudes, and legal wranglings stretching from Socrates to Peter Singer and beyon...| Books – Discovery Institute
About the Book Americans love to trash their politicians as corrupt and self-interested, but they don’t agree on a solution. How can America attract good leaders to the thousands of elective offices in the land? In Polticians: The worst Kind of People to Run the Government, Except for All the Others, Bruce Chapman lays out a bold plan for the changes we need Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
In October of 1922, Rudolf Steiner met with about 80 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 in Stuttgart to deliver a series of 13 lectures that have since been translated and published as Beco…| Footnotes2Plato
I greatly enjoyed my dialogue with Keith Frankish this morning. Thanks is due to Justin for getting us together. I’d say we had a fascinating conversation exploring process-rela…| Footnotes2Plato
Less than a year after the American philosopher Daniel C. Dennett put out his latest collection of quality ruminations on his life, titled I've Been Thinking (2023), he died of interstitial lung disease in a bed at Maine Medical Center in Portland on April 19, 2024. He surely had an intimation of his nearing demise,…| Blog of the APA
Change is logically possible because reality opposes itself.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Change is logically possible because reality opposes itself.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Is the identity of thought and being true or false?| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
What is a blockchain? Why is it relevant to socialism?| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Answer: no. But in this talk I explain precisely why not.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
On the entity that represents abstract labour.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Perfect order from perfect chaos.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
On the missing theory of objective semantics in accounts of money.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Riemann's Zeta function is an infinite sublation of Hegelian integers.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
What is Hegel's logic? How does it relate to the fundamental structure of reality?| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Are Cantor's higher infinities really real?| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
On deploying society's resources to meet final demand.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
On material reproduction over time.| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Are Cantor's higher infinities really real?| 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Kingsley Dennis - The somatic spiritual experience has been seen as a threat to hierarchical societies because it exists beyond their bounds of power.| Waking Times
Dialectics underscores reality's dynamic and contradictory nature, as seen in the Hegelian triad of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.| ScienceABC
Materialism is roughly a view which places special emphasis on economic conditions- production, exchange, and consumption in the analysis of society. Materialism about power then is the view that s…| DePonySum
