Scott LapeA nice summary - thanks!Panpsychism seems like the best direction to me, but I'm puzzled why panpsychist philosophers always seem to assume that things begin with…Aug 6, 2023Aug 6, 2023
Scott LapeBravo! You put your finger on the essential point.Materialists assume that the world is fundamentally physical, then try to figure out how consciousness arises—a notoriously hard problem…Jun 18, 20231Jun 18, 20231
Scott LapeSchrödinger, Wheeler, and ConsciousnessA Simple Argument for IdealismMay 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Scott LapeEnjoyed this very much.For example, the physicist Lee Smolin sums up his causal theory of views by saying “The universe consists of nothing but views of itself…Aug 3, 2022Aug 3, 2022
Scott LapeI like your last line: "Reality is so much more and so much less than we think."But it's always tempting to try. In this case, I think Wheeler was pointing to information being all you need to build a universe, and…Feb 25, 20221Feb 25, 20221