Friday, 6 January 2023
Two Fundamentals of Emergence: Emergent Properties and Downward Causation
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Psychologist Stephen Kosslyn tells us that “there are aggregates which produce properties that can’t be predicted entirely from the elements...
Wednesday, 28 December 2022
Quantum Theory as Medieval Necromancy
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The physicist Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922–1998) once stated the following: “Somewhere in quantum theory, the distinction between reality an...
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
David Chalmers’ Unanswerable Questions: “Why do I have THIS experience?” and “Why do we see red, rather than hear a trumpet?”
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The philosopher David Chalmers believes that there are answers — or just possible answers — to his questions about conscious experiences. B...
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