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Anderson Brown's Philosophy Blog
http://andersonbrownphilosophy.blogspot.com/
A working philosopher's notes, with concentration on philosophy of mind
- Added on: May 23rd, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Fodor and Spinoza
Spinoza has what is called a "double-aspect" theory of mind. Spinoza argues that the universe is both the mind and the body of God. Thus everything comes under both a physical and a psychological description. This is a promising line of argument f...
Etiology and Meaning
Two people have the same (true) belief. However, one person has the belief because of personal experience. The other person has the belief because a clever lawyer has talked him into it, using deceptive arguments. In what way are their respective ...
Ten Basic Articles for The Philosophy of Mind
A facebook friend tagged me on a note: he wanted everyone to list "Ten philosophy articles that blew your little fucking mind." The stipulations were a) to name the first ten that came to mind, articles of personal interest and b) to restrict onesel...
Agnosticism and Philosophy
This is a response to the really excellent round of comments published at the end of the last blog post. I think the substance of the respective comments is consistent enough not to do a "1),2)" kind of thing (that I often do, finding distinct argum...
"Agnosticism" is Not a Theological Position
A "theological position" would be an opinion of some sort (that's the "position" part) about something (say, existence or lack thereof) specifically about God (that's the "theological" part). "Either God exists, or God does not exist" is a theologica...
Buddhism and Guilt
There are two issues to think about when we consider the relationship between Buddhist teachings and guilt:1) Buddhism is primarily a preventive approach to wrongdoing, rather than a curative one. This is wise: much better to prevent bad things fro...
