Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D
Wisdom: The Pauses Between the Notes
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on June 5, 2025
Image by Dhanushka Sooriyaarachchi from Pixabay Opinions come naturally to us. Wisdom does not. Opinions are common. Wisdom is not. We can form an opinion ... Read more
Zombie is to Human as Human is to XXX?
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on June 2, 2025
Image courtesy of Derivative Images Let’s grant for the sake of argument that philosophical zombies are possible: beings that are molecule-for-molecule physically and behaviorally identical ... Read more
ROPE
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on May 4, 2025
https://thehitchcockproject.wordpress.com Recently I watched the movie Rope a suspenseful thriller that explores themes of morality, guilt, and the illusion of reality. The film’s unsettling atmosphere ... Read more
Moral Mediocrity
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on March 26, 2025
http://Image by Adina Voicu from Pixabay Apologizing for vegitariansim and doo-gooder derogation – Some moral psychology Here’s my theory. Generally speaking, I believe that people ... Read more
If You Ask “Why?”, You’re A Philosopher And You’re Awesome
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on January 26, 2025
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Imagine a planet on the far side of the galaxy. We will never interact with it. We will never ... Read more
Philosophy And The Ring Of Darkness
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on January 21, 2025
DALL-E image of a circle of light with vague forms in a penumbra of darkness around it. http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com “As the circle of light expands, so also ... Read more
Hyperreality, Synchromysticism And Simulation
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on August 8, 2024
Image by Eleanor Smith from Pixabay We are the first digital inhabitants of a universe of pure symbolic media exchange, living in an empty space ... Read more
Against The Finger
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on November 30, 2023
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay There’s a discussion-queue tradition in philosophy that some people love, but which I’ve come to oppose. It’s too ripe for ... Read more
What Is Wrong With “Morality”?
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on July 21, 2023
Image by Chil Vera from Pixabay Is morality good or bad for you? The bottom line: For those who like to control the life ... Read more
Flipping Pascal’s Wager On Its Head
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on June 24, 2023
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay In his famous Wager, Pascal contemplates whether one should choose to believe in God. (Maybe we can’t directly choose ... Read more