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Bites—Philosophical and
Other
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‘Bites’
is a collection of short pieces that I thought have enough novelty to be
written up.
It may serve as a repository for new ideas and for ideas I glean among my
earlier writings.
Also see Archive
| Topic
resource files
Mostly
philosophy | Stems
| Physics
| Miscellaneous pieces
A star * indicates a piece I’m working on right now.
Two stars ** indicate an answer first written on social media site Quora.
Sorites
Dictionary paradox
Something from nothing
The Source
Our destiny
What is experience?
What is consciousness?
A profession of conviction
The significance of being
Essential concepts
for metaphysics
Metaphysics for a cosmos
On simplicity
Systems for which Gödel theorems
are provable
What is philosophy?
Is
the human brain intelligent enough to understand itself?
The
impossible problem of consciousness
Argument
Also see On possibility (and some beginnings to logic)
Argument
incorporates the following
Argument-original version
and
Critical thinking and
Principles of reason
… and may
include methodological
skepticism.html
The simulation hypothesis
Is physics
characterized by mathematics?
Foundations of
physical cosmology.html, placed here because the foundation is metaphysical.
The
fundamental principle of metaphysics
Creation versus evolution
On the
definition of the term ‘universe’
Categories in
metaphysics—a tentative discussion
Do we have free will? **
Methodological skepticism—or
Cartesian Doubt
Can
free will be demonstrated scientifically? **
Why does the universe
exist? **
Why
do we still have problems understanding consciousness? **
Does
continuity of causality negate freedom of will? **
The World is All the
Facts**
On possibility (and some beginnings to logic)
Are insects conscious?
The following
are stems—a few points jotted down to be elaborated and filled out later.
Are robots conscious?
Argument
Conservation
laws and symmetry
The next two 'bites' are similar to the first and I intend
to combine the three pieces.
Thermodynamics
and the Destiny of the Universe
Thermodynamics
and the Destiny of the Universe II
Standard model
(source: Wikipedia)
Foundations of
physical cosmology.html—note that the intent is to provide a
metaphysical foundation.
How
is the universe explained without god
Is
the human brain intelligent enough to understand itself
A theory of class
interest
On advice
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