Paul Austin MurphyMy Six Essays on Carlo RovelliThe following is an abridged version of the Wikipedia entry on Carlo Rovelli:2d ago12d ago1
Paul Austin MurphyMy Nine Essays on Roger PenroseThe following is an abridged version of the Wikipedia entry on Roger Penrose:6d ago26d ago2
Paul Austin Murphy“Consciousness is…”The following quotes are only a very-small selection of the hundreds of examples of the “Consciousness is…” statement on social media…Aug 311Aug 311
Paul Austin MurphyDo the “Mere Correlations” Between Brain States and Conscious States Imply Identity?[See my ‘Just “Mere Correlations” Between the Brain and Consciousness?’.]Aug 303Aug 303
Paul Austin MurphyJust “Mere Correlations” Between the Brain and Consciousness?[See my ‘Do the “Mere Correlations” Between Brain States and Conscious States Imply Identity?’.]Aug 286Aug 286
Paul Austin MurphyUniversal Consciousness: Stuart Hameroff’s Fusion of Science and Spiritual PhilosophyI’ve often been criticised for bringing up the religious/spiritual views and motivations of idealist philosophers. (“Why don’t you…Aug 262Aug 262
Paul Austin MurphyMy Twelve Essays on PanpsychismI’m not a panpsychist. Neither am I completely critical. Sure, some expressions of panpsychism strike me as being absurd. Other expressions…Aug 242Aug 242
Paul Austin MurphyNatural Emergence and Evil ReductionismThis essay is a response to ‘Emergence’, by the American theoretical physicist Anthony Garrett Lisi. Lisi argues for something he calls…Aug 222Aug 222
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyMy Sixteen Essays on the Philosopher David ChalmersWhy have I written sixteen essays on David Chalmers? I’ve done so because I believe he’s a very-good philosopher… and that’s even though I…Aug 212Aug 212
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyOld and New Mysterians: Huxley, Tyndall, Chomsky, McGinn, PinkerThe term “new mysterianism” was coined by the philosopher Owen Flanagan. It usually refers to positions adopted on the hard problem of…Aug 195Aug 195