Mechanical analog computers transform inputs into outputs solely by virtue of the physical interaction of physically instantiated analogs of metaphysical relationships, chunks of physical matter (typically metal) fabricated specifically to follow the contours, as it were, of pure mathematical forms.
The quantity is not the things it quantifies. We must not take our ability to perceive these totally distinct modes of existence for granted. The quantity is real, pure information…. Read more »
“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe and of the mystery of human life.”
To believe the theory that morality is just an illusion produced by the mindless and undirected forces of neo-Darwinian evolution, you also have to believe that everyone in the entire… Read more »
No. The idea is hopeless. First, it destroys any basis for moral judgement. If morality is just a product of evolution (random mutation plus culling through natural selection), then it… Read more »
Moral realism is simply the idea that obligations exist objectively. There are real, subject-independent duties that we must accept in order to act morally. These duties are features of reality…. Read more »
Not the theorem itself, but what the theorem describes. Not the equation, a2 + b2 = c2, but what the equation captures. What sort of thing do they consider it… Read more »
Claiming that my sense perceptions can deceive me implies that they are at least generally reliable. Else how would I know I was deceived? The concept of being deceived by… Read more »
1. Radical skepticism is false. 2. It is impossible to achieve a stable social order without reference to a common, objective reality that exists independent of the subjects who comprise… Read more »
The distinction between “gender” and biological sex is question-begging because the concept of “gender” already assumes that such a distinction exists. To invoke “gender” (or its ambiguously related concept, “gender… Read more »