Perception as an Evolved Reality “Self-Simulation”
This paper argues against the viability of the simulation hypothesis, when taken literally, as a reality theory. However, in so far as perception canRead More…
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Why reality must be intelligible: language, perception, challenges for AI
Science and philosophy presuppose intelligibility Science and philosophy both presuppose that reality is intelligible, meaning that it can be undeRead More…
The epistemic challenges of the meta-problem of consciousness
The meta-problem of consciousness Philosopher David Chalmers elucidated the hard problem of consciousness in 1995. Namely, there is no way, Read More…
Reductionism vs. Non-reductionism in Ontology of Mind, Matter, and Technology
Introduction The dominant scientific and philosophical ideology of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was (and remains in this young century) Read More…
Computer Science and the Evolutionary Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness
Evolution, the brain, and consciousness According to the theory of evolution by natural selection, one of the most validated and empirically suppoRead More…
On the Current State of Religion in Western Culture and Its Impact on the Meaning Crisis
In this essay, I want to share thoughts on the state of religion in 2023. Specifically, we’ll discuss how the decline of religion’s viability hasRead More…
In Defense of the Pit Bull: How pseudoscience, the media, and racism turned America’s dog into a social construct
Defining “pit bull” The pit bull has been so maligned and misrepresented that even the term “pit bull” is now imprecise. It is more of a sRead More…
The Hard Problem of Consciousness as a Blocker for AI/ML
One of the most infamous challenges for the mainstream physicalist paradigm of today is the hard problem of consciousness, also called the mind-body Read More…
How to Write a Thriller: The Keys to Suspenseful Writing
In this article, we begin discussing thriller novels by talking about suspense. How do we create suspense? How does it work within a crime novel toRead More…
Defining Consciousness in Philosophy
There are a multitude of definitions for “consciousness,” most of them lacking. In this article, we discuss the philosophical definitions, as tRead More…