Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts

I've just read the following article: Does the key to consciousness lie within our brains? Under the main title the article says: Much r...

I read the following Guardian article: What do near-death experiences mean, and why do they fascinate us? Of the afterlife, [Kevin] Nelson ...

I read the following article that I entirely agree with and I highly recommend people read it. Meaningfulness, Its Moral Implications and th...

In the Myth of an Afterlife there's a chapter called The Dualist’s Dilemma .  The authors of this particular chapter (different chapter...

Yes, yet another post about the virus.  I know, I know, all very boring compared to my philosophical output, but I am perplexed, frustrated,...

I'm sick of people claiming that free will is an illusion, that it is rational and scientific to hold this.  Yet, they seem extremely re...

As a preliminary, I should point out that I haven't watched this series of programmes, nor have I read the book that the series is based...

I keep reading people say that "lockdowns" to contain covid-19 don't work.  I'm not sure what they mean.  At least in Engl...

I've just read the following article: 'Peak hype': why the driverless car revolution has stalled   It says: [E]xperts admit the ...

It is generally thought that education is an unadulterated good thing.  However, I have reservations.  It seems to me that one of the detrac...

The idea that brains store memories has a difficulty. Memories would presumably have to be stored via information. All information can, in p...

It's interesting that people on the web constantly say "there's no evidence for an afterlife", or "there's no evi...

Yesterday I read the following short article by Robert Plomin , an American psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in twin stud...

Just read this: Is Your 'Self' Just an Illusion?    I reject this idea that the self is an illusion.  I believe we are the very sam...

I'm not as afraid of dying as I used to be. It's probably the realisation I have perhaps 30 years left and I've come to terms w...

Around 15-20 years ago I had this sudden insight, a sudden understanding. It was pertaining to so-called perceptual illusions.  I suddenly ...

I've just read  this guest essay  by a certain Stephen Davies on Bernardo Kastrup's blog. I'm not particularly keen on his stra...

Mental Substance What is a mental substance? I think it can best be understood by contrasting mental substances with material substances....

Apples fall. That is to say, if we hold an apple, then release it, then it will fall to the ground. Why does it? Why not just stay ther...