The Splintered Mind

In october, Fiery Cushman and I announced a contest : Participants were to write a philosophical argument that attempts to convince research...

Yesterday was a good day to be a snail. Spring rains are rousing them from hibernation, and on my morning stroll I saw hundreds cruising th...

Sometimes I love a cloudburst. You're walking downtown. Suddenly the rain starts and you're under some random awning, shoulder t...

Released Monday at Eclectic Spacewalk Topics include: * juvenile delinquency * group consciousness and the "Chinese room" * ...

This post originally appeared as " The Jerks of Academe " in the Chronicle of Higher Education , Jan 31, 2020. The awesome art wa...

I've just finished reading Simona Ginsburg's and Eva Jablonka's tome on consciousness in non-human animals, The Evolution of t...

Part I: Should You Apply, and Where? Part II: Grades, Classes, and Institution of Origin Part III: Letters of Recommendation Part IV: ...

Part I: Should You Apply, and Where? Part II: Grades, Classes, and Institution of Origin Part III: Letters of Recommendation Part IV: ...

I'm inclined to think that university ethics classes typically have little effect on students' real-world moral behavior. I base t...

For Valentine's Day, some thoughts on love. In 2003, my Swiss friends Eric and Anne-Françoise Rose asked me to contribute something ...

Recently, philosopher Michael Huemer seems intent on irritating philosophers of every stripe. (This isn't necessarily a bad thing.) ...

Just out in the Chronicle of Higher Education, with hilarious art depicting the four main types I profile: the Big Shot, the Creepy Hugger,...

I have a new paper in draft, "Inflate and Explode", which argues against eliminativism and " illusionism " about cons...