The bar is empty, said NagarjunaThere’s only one here, replied Parmenides,If we lean on one another we can see what’s around, said Carlo, as he ordered each of them a quantum of action. In this post I watch Parmenides haunting science through the ages and ask whether quantum mechanics might exorcise that haunting. The obstinate …
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This blog has been quiet for many months, there has been much activity behind the scene. It’s been hard to deal with health, weather, politics and war all together all the time. Still appearing “any day now” will be some reflections on Parkinson’s disease and writing, a post on why Parmenides is surprisingly relevant to …
The second long video on my YouTube channel that I want to highlight concerns Parkinson’s disease. It is titled Stoicism, Parkinson’s, and Me: Philosophy and Chronic Disease shows how Stoic philosophy helps me cope with the disease. This connects to my book A Shaky Walk Downhill. It takes up the question of personal identity somewhat …
About a week from now the state of Oregon will lift mask mandates. I have been leading a series of zoom discussions about the nature of art for the Osher lifelong learning Institute at the University of Oregon. I’m very curious to see whether or not the Institute fitting out their classrooms for hybrid meetings, …
Comments and Subscriptions As I mentioned in the previous post, we have added spaces for comments on posts, as well as a form on the bottom of blog pages where you can sign up to receive notifications of future postings. Comments will be moderated so may not appear immediately. There is a lot of debate …
David Chalmers’ book Reality+, which as I mentioned in an earlier post, is a most thorough discussion of the simulation hypothesis, and also one of the best discussions of skeptical doubts about the reality of the external world. In connection with the book, I thought I would mention two items of my own. One is …