Zoombie Round-Up

There has been a bit of discussion of zoombies in the blogosphere of late and I want to keep track of them all so that I can respond to them so I am posting links to them. 1.) Intentional Objects‘ David Gawthorne Richard Brown’s Zoombies and Shombies 2.) Brain Scam‘s Tony Alterman: Zombie, Scmombie –Richard [...]

Philosopher’s Digest

I am now officially a reviewer for the newly established Philosopher’s Digest. This looks like it could potentially be a very valuable resource…I hope to have my first review up in a month or so…I’ll keep you posted.

The Contestability of (P & ~Q)

The discussion of Richard Chappell’s post Understanding (Zombie) Conceivability Arguments: Part II over at Philosophy, etc has prompted me to clarify the sense in which I take (P & ~Q) to be contestable and the reasons whyI take  the primary and secondary intensions of statement in Q not to be  identical; as it turns out the two [...]

Happy Birthday!!

It has now officially been two years since I started Philosophy Sucks! I have had 300 posts, 1,714 comments, and 75,000 hits. Thanks to everyone who has stopped by and especially those who have stayed to engage in discussion, most of which has been challenging, thought provoking, and fun!

You Think it’s Bad Now?

Wait until robot teachers take all of the adjunct work!

Ut vos es Bellator Victus Mortuus Tempus Fugit

Yes, indeed, time does flee when you are fighting the living dead! It has been a year since the original zombies wars broke out around here, which led to all of the zoombie and shombie action. I was recently looking over some of these old posts and the debate between Richard Chappell and myself as I get [...]

Zombies Transcended?

For anyone interested, I have a post up over at Brains discussing a paper by Pete Mandik (of Brain Hammer fame) called “Trancending Zombies”….