It’s a High Def Universe

Check out these amazing pictures from the Hubble telescope….woa…

The Matrix & Nonphysical Properties

(cross-posted at Brains) I have long wondered what dualists mean when they speak of nonphysical properties. Today I was reading Chalmers’ paper The Matrix as Metaphysics and he says something that may shed some light on the way in which he thinks of nonphysical properties. He argues that the matrix scenario can be construed as a metaphysical [...]

Busy Bees Busily Buzzing ‘Bout

This last week was a very busy one. As you may have noticed from the side bar the call for papers for Consciousness Online is now out…spread the word! Tuesday I attended a talk/discussion of a paper by Ned Block on Attention and direct realism. Direct realism, roughly, is the view that when one has [...]