Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts

The philosopher Stephen Law has recently written an article entitled: Why are we humans so prone to believing spooky nonsense? The beginni...

Modern skeptics of the paranormal often appeal to a quote made by the late Carl Sagan that  “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evi...

This is a chart of my weight since the 23rd of August 2012 until around a week ago.  You'll notice 2 sharp drops in my weight, one o...

I want here to add a little on what I said in a previous blog entry: A ridiculous conception of God . Let's remind ourselves of the ...

I came across this youtube video last night (below) which I thought was a real eye opener. The argument expressed is that we can provide ev...

Eric T. Olson is an American philosopher who specializes in metaphysics and philosophy of mind and is most renowned for his research in th...

5/11/2019 Edited to add: For an expanded and superior consideration of this issue, see my A Causal Consciousness, Free Will, and Dualism. My...