Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts

All 29 essays from the 2021 BICS essay contest that have been awarded a prize are now available to download and can be read for free from he...

I read this Mail article concerning ghosts. In the comments someone says: Why we pay the BBC to promulgate such nonsense at further expens...

The results of this competition have recently been announced.  Go here .  Apparently all 29 essays that won a prize will shortly be freely a...

I read the following article two days ago: Can We Explain Near-Death Experiences? The author concludes that, " NDEs are probably caused...

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...