Tag: technology
New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain
Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: “The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives.”
Craig, Moreland: Two Philosophers Discuss Aliens and Artificial Intelligence
As an old professor of mine told me in an email recently: “Long live visceral proximity!”
The Other Unsolved Problem of Evolution
“With all our advanced technology, we are not close to producing human-engineered self-replicating machines.”
Science for Insight or Science for Power?
What are the core purposes of science and math? Evaluating the idea of “knowledge as power” in the computer age.
Reconsidering David Hume’s Critique of Design Thinking
There is no sense in which we can say that Hume destroyed the intellectual coherence of design thinking. William Paley could already see this in 1802.