Scholarship

Feb 8th, 2022

Academic Cogitation: There are many different subjects on which to reflect and a vaster amount of papers, books and essays that appeal to those wishing to reflect. A choice of reading matter of modern philosophers in the papers linked to this website are a Lucky Dip and only suggestions for a starting point. Any number of further sources will be known to those already on that track. It is not the brief here to go into the huge amount of fascinating material that is available.

The following papers linked to this section may supply inspiration, ideas or impetus. We are indebted to Hemal Jayasuriya Ph. D. (Cantab). for his choice.

One issue rating scrutiny from thinkers today is ‘Consciousness’.  A section at the foot of this page gives links to a profound paper and some telling videos on this subject.

Articles

What can we be sure of?

Publications

How Did We Get Here From There – Timothy Williamson

Culture and Value Philosophyand the Cultural Sciences – Kirchberg & Wechsel

Reflecting, Registering, Recording and Representing: From Light Image to Photographic Picture – Dawn M Wilson

The Elegance of Enigma: Quantum Darwinism, Quantum Bayesianism (QBism) & Quantum Buddhism – In Pursuit of a (Quantum) Middle Way! – Graham P. Smetham

Waiting for Wednesday Values, Facts and the “Truth” Connection – Stuart W. Mirsky

HANDBOOK OF THE WORLD CONGRESS ON THE SQUARE OF OPPOSITION IV

Spiritual, but not religious?: On the nature of spirituality and its relation to religion – Jeremy Carey

How Paradox Fares in Inconsistency Robust Logic and Beyond: Computational and Naturalized Approaches – John Woods

Aesthetic Beautification – Andrew Huddleston

Free Will

Bertrand Russell, super-extensionality and Logical fallibilism

Communication, Technology, Temporality

Consciousness

One of the conundrums that nowadays particularly intrigues the reflecting world in that of consciousness. We all have it but what is it and what if anything is particular to the human race in possessing it? Is it likely that we alone have the key to understanding what is going on - - or perhaps the key is illusory?