The Epistemic Contingency of Knowledge, Reason, Logic, and Meaning on an Idealist Metaphysics
Introduction The major metaphysical worldviews of today–physicalism, dualism, panpsychism, and idealism–can be categorized in a number of waysRead More…
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A Trinitarian Framework for Core Subjectivity: Awareness, Phenomenality, and Intentionality in Consciousness
Introduction The exploration of consciousness has long been a focal point in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. The intricate nature oRead More…
If reality is intelligible, and it must be intelligible, then idealism must be true
Introduction The discovery of a “theory of everything” is most notably a goal of physics. The problem of incompleteness (Gödel, 1931) arguablRead More…
Mephistopheles Is a Physicalist: How an Incoherent Ontology Lies at the Center of the Polycrisis
Abstract In this comprehensive exploration, we navigate the intricate interplay of physicalism, post-modernism, and the profound quest for meaningRead More…
Artifacts of Perception: How Limits on Computation Produce Entropy, Time, and Space
The arguments herein are in large part owing to the Essentia Foundation’s “Entropy is in the eye of the beholder,” by Dr. Gabriel Proulx. A goaRead More…
The Consciousness-Reality Integration Theory (CRIT)
Introduction Current studies of consciousness present a profound challenge known as the “hard problem of consciousness.” This elusive issue peRead More…
The problem of relevance realization for artificial general intelligence
As artificial intelligence continues to advance, there is increasing interest and investment in developing machines that can achieve artificial generRead 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…