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…1d ago11d ago1
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…3d ago13d ago1
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…4d ago4d ago
Paul Austin MurphyMy 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…6d ago16d ago1
Paul Austin MurphyOld 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
Paul Austin MurphyDo Mysterians Believe That Science Will Leave the Mysteries Unexplained… Forever?It’s helpful to distinguish two types of mysterian: (1) Those who both yearn for, and depend upon, mysteries. (2) Those who discover what…Aug 175Aug 175
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyGödel’s Logical Proof of God’s Existence Depends on Religious AssumptionsKurt Gödel’s proof of God’s existence may well work logically. Indeed, it may even be logically flawless. However, it doesn’t actually…Aug 158Aug 158
Paul Austin MurphyDid Consciousness Come Before Life?The anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff believes that consciousness predates evolution. Indeed, he believes it predates life itself. Hameroff…Aug 1124Aug 1124
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyStephen Hawking on Everything From Nothing… What?!In the book The Grand Design (2010), Stephen Hawking wrote a passage which has been quoted and memed many times. In it, there’s this line…Aug 75Aug 75
Paul Austin MurphyinPaul Austin Murphy’s Essays on PhilosophyAre Kurt Gödel’s Theorems Overstretched, Overused, and Overplayed?In this instance, the philosopher J.R. Lucas relied heavily on Kurt Gödel's first incompleteness theorem to advance his position against…Aug 43Aug 43