Could a Machine Think? -- Stephen Law

Posted in Think on 03/03/2010 - 14:12

Here's a chapter of Stephen Law's book, The Philosophy Gym -- it's a dialogue which consdiers the possibility of machines thinking.

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What is the Order Among the Varieties of Goodness? -- David Wiggins

Posted in Philosophy on 15/02/2010 - 12:09

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Absurdity, Incongruity, and Laughter -- Bob Plant

Posted in Philosophy on 02/02/2010 - 15:58

Is humour the right response to absurdity?

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Infinitely Long Afterlives and the Doomsday Argument -- John Leslie

Posted in Philosophy on 19/01/2010 - 12:41

Does the Doomsday Argument dash hopes for an infinitely lengthy afterlife?

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Darwinian Tensions -- Anthony O'Hear

Posted in Philosophy on 08/01/2010 - 14:14

Was Darwin a Social Darwinist?

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How We Trust One Another -- Oswald Hanfling

Posted in Philosophy on 16/12/2009 - 11:22

How is the possibility of promising explained without circularity?

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'Thinking Tools: The Fallacy of the Middle Ground' by Stephen Law

Posted in Think on 07/12/2009 - 13:43

Thinking Tools introduces pointers on thinking clearly and rigorously. It is a regular feature of the Institute's journal Think.

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Deconstructing the Laws of Logic -- Stephen R. L. Clark

Posted in Philosophy on 23/11/2009 - 13:58

Laws of logic -- either they're just rhetorical tools or Plato was right about another world.

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A Metaphysics of Ordinary Things -- Lynne Rudder Baker

Posted in Philosophy on 17/11/2009 - 14:58

Are ordinary things as ontologically significant as particles?

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God, Physicalism and the Totality of Facts -- Andrea Christofidou

Posted in Philosophy on 05/11/2009 - 13:43

The mind really is something other than matter.

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Ugliness and Nature - Guest post by Emily Brady

Posted in London Lectures on 03/11/2009 - 11:56

Is ugliness in nature real?

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Knowledge, Belief and Faith -- Sir Anthony Kenny

Posted in Philosophy on 27/10/2009 - 12:05

Is belief in God reasonable?

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Earth Ethics

Posted in London Lectures on 19/10/2009 - 09:32

What does Rolston mean by 'Earth ethics'?

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Whoops

Posted in Philosophy on 23/09/2009 - 15:00

Spot something amiss?

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Your thoughts on the blog?

Posted in Philosophy on 23/09/2009 - 14:57

Suggestions for topics to discuss?

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