Does The Universal Mind Have Dissociative Identity Disorder?

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on May 1, 2020

Does The Universal Mind Have Dissociative Identity Disorder?

Image by Maria Saunders from http://Pixabay.com Good read worth share to aid in checking one's discernment level: Does the universe suffer from multiple personalities disorder? If ... Read more

Artificial Intelligence Rights?

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on December 13, 2019

Artificial Intelligence Rights?

Image by Janos Perian from http://Pixabay.com Within a few decades, we will likely create AI that a substantial proportion of people believe, whether rightly or ... Read more

Motivating Attitudes De Dicto And De Se

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on November 3, 2019

Motivating Attitudes De Dicto And De Se

Image by iirliinnaa @ http://pixabay.com According to the Property Theory of content, the contents of our beliefs, desires, etc. aren't propositions, but properties. The contents ... Read more

A Good Philosophical Argument

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on October 5, 2019

A Good Philosophical Argument

Image by Peter Fischer from http://Pixabay.com What is reasonable to hope for from a philosophical argument? Soundness would be nice — a true conclusion that ... Read more

Aiming For Moral Mediocrity

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on September 13, 2019

Aiming For Moral Mediocrity

Image by Gerd Altmann from http://Pixabay.com I have an empirical thesis and a normative thesis. The empirical thesis is: Most people aim to be morally-mediocre. ... Read more

The Past Mythology Of The Future

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on August 23, 2019

The Past Mythology Of The Future

Derivative Images Is Material Reductionism the Past Mythology of the Future? To the Ancient Greeks, it once seemed, as they felt the Earth violently trembling ... Read more

Will Philosophy Ever Come To An End?

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on June 24, 2019

Will Philosophy Ever Come To An End?

Image by morhamedufmg from http://Pixabay.com If we were to create, or become, post- or transhuman superintellects, would all important philosophical questions be answered? You might ... Read more

Gematria: The Link Between Numbers And Letters

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on May 31, 2019

Gematria: The Link Between Numbers And Letters

http://www.targatocn.it Count the numerical values Of the letters in Nero’s name, And in “murdered his own mother”: You’ll find the sum is the same. This ... Read more

Science Fiction As Philosophy

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on May 24, 2019

Science Fiction As Philosophy

https://isorepublic.com/photo/mr-spock-street-art/ CC0 Creative Commons Ploddingly detailed expository arguments deserve a central role in academic philosophy. Yay for boring stuff![*] But emotionally engaging fiction can be ... Read more

Metaphysics Is Bullshit And You Know It

Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on May 3, 2019

Metaphysics Is Bullshit And You Know It

Image by Septimiu Balica from http://Pixabay.com Arguing the Non-Arguable Abstracts … As defined by the Merriam-Webster in b section of the definition metaphysics is an: ... Read more