Not only is there empiricism within philosophy, there’s also an empiricist position towards science. Indeed some philosophers have argued ...

  First things first. This essay may appear to advance two mutually-contradictory positions. On the one hand, it argues that without the mat...

Our brains are made of matter: neurons, biochemicals and other physical stuff . All these things are (as it were) “flesh and blood”. So, th...

What is a computation ? According to Alan Turing ( writing in 1936/7 ), when it comes to human beings, a computation is the following: A com...

The philosophers Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) and A.J. Ayer (1910–1989) once argued — along with many others — that no empirical statemen...