Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D
Can We Talk About This?
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on January 11, 2019
http://pixabay.com Can we even talk about qualia, the phenomenal parts of conscious experience? Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must remain silent, as Wittgenstein advised, ... Read more
Why The Abduction Phenomenon Cannot Be Explained Psychiatrically
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on October 16, 2018
http://pixabay.com Upon first hearing reports of alien beings taking men, women and children aboard UFOs and subjecting them to various intrusive procedures most people assume ... Read more
Philosophical Skepticism
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on October 4, 2018
http://pixabay.com Philosophical skepticism is usually regarded as primarily a thesis about knowledge — the thesis that we don't know some of the things that people ... Read more
The Four-Implicature Theory Of Fortune Cookies
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on September 17, 2018
http://pixabay.com (your guide to properly understanding the dire messages from Panda Express) Fortune cookies explicitly state the good and silently pass over the bad. In ... Read more
Slippery Slope Arguments
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on August 19, 2018
http://pixabay.com To build a slippery slope argument concerning the presence of consciousness, do this: * First, take some obviously conscious [or non-conscious] system as an ... Read more
What Does “Integral” Mean?
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on July 16, 2018
http://pixabay.com “Integral” has become a loosely applied term, supplying a bit of respectable heft to otherwise pedestrian nouns, while sliding toward the once-was-fashionable cultural bin ... Read more
An Argument Against Every General Theory Of Consciousness
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on May 27, 2018
http://pixabay.com As a philosophical expert on theories of consciousness, I try to keep abreast of the most promising recent theories. I also sometimes receive unsolicited ... Read more
It’s Not Just One Thing, To Believe There’s A Gas Station On The Corner
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on March 23, 2018
http://pixabay.com Amusing philosophical thoughts from Eric Schwitzgebel – A couple of weekends ago, at the fabulous conference on the nature of belief at UC Santa ... Read more
Rationalization: Why Your Intelligence Vigilance And Expertise Don’t Protect You
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on March 6, 2018
http://pixabay.com We’ve all been there. You’re arguing with someone – about politics, or a policy at work, or about whose turn it is to do ... Read more
The Last Time Franz Kafka Visited Rudolph Steiner To Talk About Theosophy
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on September 14, 2017
http://pixabay.com So here is something I learned wallowing in London Review of Books’ digital archive: Franz Kafka had enough of an interest in Theosophy to ... Read more