Author Archives: Simon

Many thanks to my brother, Owen (a.k.a. Stanley Forbes), for introducing me to the great Huun Huur Tu, who are folk musicians from the Tyva Republic. Here they are at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in August, 2006, demonstrating “sygyt” (or … Continue reading →

Wonderfully-titled and very interesting documentary on synaesthesia, courtesy of Google videos. To see how this relates to the psychological/philosophical functionalist theory of consciousness, you might want to see this part of the essay I uploaded a while ago onto this … Continue reading →

Katja Grace shares some brief but interesting considerations of the relationships between images and thoughts.

Anderson Brown has published a draft of a possible introduction to artificial intelligence, here.

Regina Rini reflects on the “flawed intellect” that treats ancient religious commandments as being, in themselves and without outside justification, infallible moral law.

Brian Leiter introduces a discussion comparing direct and indirect knowledge of the world at his blog, Leiter Reports.

Karla Pierce describes how she teaches the art of Socratic and “critical thinking” questioning, and links to some useful resources for P4C and other philosophy teachers.

Biologist PJ Myers condemns the moral witchhunts that lead to teachers (amongst others) being removed from their jobs not because of their (lack of) ability, but due to what they do or have done in their private lives. You can … Continue reading →

Chris Panza appears more than half-persuaded by the central argument for moral objectivism in Charles Taylor’s essay, Sources of the Self, which seems to turn on a phenomenological account of what it means to be human.