Tag: philosophy
The Universe Reflects a Mind
Philosopher Phillip Goff is, intriguingly, on the right track but he errs in his subsequent inference to cosmopsychism.
Bechly: In the Fossil Record, “Abrupt Appearances Are the Rule”
The notable German paleontologist discusses a fact that, frankly, doesn’t get anywhere near the attention it should.
Cosmic Fine-Tuning and the Problem of Evil
“Cosmopsychism might seem crazy,” says philosopher Phillip Goff, “but it provides a robust explanatory model for how the universe became fine-tuned for life.”
Free Will Denial and PreCrimes
If we treat criminals the way we treat natural disasters — as physical events without moral culpability — the pragmatic approach is preemption as well.
Naturalism and Self-Refutation
How much does Gödel’s incompleteness theorem weigh? What is the physics of non-contradiction? How many millimeters long is Tom Clark’s argument for naturalism?