Paul Austin MurphyA Pythagorean Reality: Are Quantum Systems Purely Mathematical?“A quark is a purely mathematical construct. It has no meaning apart from its mathematical definition. The properties of quarks — charm…2d ago72d ago7
Paul Austin MurphyCarlo Rovelli on Aristotle: Objects and Their Relations(i) Introduction (ii) Aristotle: Substance and Essence (iii) Rovelli on Nāgārjuna and Western Philosophy (iv) Carlo Rovelli’s RelationalismJul 194Jul 194
Paul Austin MurphyAre Panpsychism and String Theory Unscientific or Non-Scientific?“We must distinguish between being non-scientific and being unscientific. [] philosophy [perhaps panpsychism and/or string theory] is a…Jul 162Jul 162
Paul Austin MurphyWilliam James on Truth… According to Richard RortyMany 20th century philosophers set themselves the task of defining (or redefining) the words “true” and “truth”. They wanted to see how…Jul 125Jul 125
Paul Austin MurphyExplaining Qualia?“The problem of explaining these phenomenal qualities is just the problem of explaining consciousness. This is the really hard part of the…Jul 103Jul 103
Paul Austin MurphyDownward Causation at the Level of the Mental… and Election Results?“Events at higher levels — levels where emergent properties become evident — can in turn feed back and affect events at lower levels. For…Jul 93Jul 93
Paul Austin MurphyinThe Quantastic JournalThere is Science. And There Are Individual Scientists.Of course, you can’t have science without flesh-and-blood scientists. Yet, in broad terms, it can still be said that science is an…Jul 81Jul 81
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyRelationalism/Relationism and its Violent Hierarchy: Relations vs Things[The word “things” is used to refer to objects, entities, particulars, individuals, etc.]Jul 42Jul 42
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyWittgenstein on Why the Liar Paradox Belongs to a Language Game(i) Introduction (ii) On the Liar Paradox as a Language Game (iii) The Liar Paradox Was Created, Not FoundJul 12Jul 12
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyPhysics and the Philosophy of Intrinsic Properties(i) Introduction (ii) David Lewis on Intrinsic Properties (iii) Philip Goff on Intrinsic Nature (iv) Did Bertrand Russell Reject Intrinsic…Jun 301Jun 301