Tag: Werner Heisenberg
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.
How Can We Conceive of Perfection When We Never Experience It?
There are two ways we can think of a triangle. One way is to form a mental image, likely based on a triangle we have seen on a piece of paper.
Flannery: What Werner Heisenberg Foresaw
“I think that modern physics has definitely decided in favor of Plato. In fact these smallest units of matter are not physical objects in the ordinary sense.”
Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places
If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t.
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.”