Tag: University of Zurich
As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All
What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud.
Peter Corning and the Taint of Vitalism
As the insightful work of Corning and others has shown, the vitalist/mechanist debate in biology is nowhere near over. If anything, it’s just getting started.
Settled Science Is Becoming Radically Unsettled: Get Ready for Revolutions
It might be early to say whether Richard Sternberg’s calculations are correct — but the point is, this kind of calculation is only just becoming possible.
Eavesdropping in the Platonic Academy
I can relate to the paleontologist Günter Bechly, who, after hearing Sternberg lay out his thesis, lay awake unable to sleep as he considered the implications.
Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism
Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.”