The Splintered Mind

Old age can be a silent tribute to beauty. I imagine my own case. Maybe I live the tail end of my life alone in elder care. My wife, s...

Let's call an artificially intelligent system a person (in the ethical, not the legal sense) if it deserves moral consideration similar...

guest post by Andrew Y. Lee in reply to Eric's  Aug 29 critique of his "Light and Room" metaphor for consciousness In “ ...

A substantial philosophical literature explores the " unity of consciousness ": If I experience A, B, and C at the same time, ...

Expectation-Lowering Preface (Feel Free to Skip) You probably won't like my science fiction stories. Here's how I think of it....

Andrew Y. Lee has written an introductory piece of philosophy, intended for students, celebrating the metaphor of consciousness as a light,...

Since 2014, I've compiled an annual ranking of science fiction and fantasy magazines, based on prominent awards nominations and "be...

The universe might be infinitely large. As Jacob Barandes and I have argued (Ch 7 of The Weirdness of the World ; free draft version here )...

Last week, I posted a list of the 376 most-cited contemporary authors (born 1900 or later) in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Cit...