Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts

In the psi encyclopaedia entry Patterns in Reincarnation Cases   it says: Sceptics of a reincarnation interpretation of the cases point to ...

The falsifiability criterion was advanced by  Karl Popper  to demarcate scientific from non-scientific theories. The idea is that if one has...

  Ha Ha!  I love this. L et's imagine that we conclude life and the Universe are devoid of all meaning, that we will soon cease to exist...

Introduction   This is the first part of an intended series of posts addressing alleged problems with the concept of reincarnation. Perhaps ...

How does an individual know anyone else is conscious at all? How does an individual rule out the possibility that every other person is mere...

Annaka Harris , the wife of Sam Harris , says in a recent article : Each transformative shift in our understanding of the universe has deli...

Here in the UK we're heading towards deep trouble in just 11 days time when the UK relaxes most covid rules; the so-called "freedom...

In the following article the author Robert Peston says: "I followed up by asking whether he believed in God, mentioning that the Labou...

As a preliminary people might like to read my brief introduction to Berkeley's metaphysic: A very brief introduction to Immaterialism I...

Why are only the extreme positions permissible? Hence, if I complain about the top 10% in the USA having 77% of total wealth, people always ...

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...