Tag: philosophy
Astronomer: We Can’t Just Assume Countless Earths Out There
The Copernican Principle has been misused to imply that Earth is somehow insignificant. That is a philosophical attitude, unrelated to the science.
Harvard U Press Computer Science Author Gives AI a Reality Check
The key missing ingredient in machine intelligence is the ability to appreciate context, do analysis, and make appropriate inferences.
Dualism and Materialism in Modern Neuroscience
Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind.
Meet Intelligent Design’s New Muslim Friend
Subboor Ahmad points out correctly the work self-censorship does now, so that overt censorship doesn’t have to exert itself so much anymore.
C. S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason
Naturalists, like everyone else, generally trust their reason to lead them to truth.