What we’re about
This group is for people with some background in philosophy who want to explore new ideas about human existence that focus on the concepts of consciousness and value as key to resolving the enigma of life. Yet everyone is welcome, interested inquirers, avid readers, outliers, undergraduates and professors of philosophy alike.
Upcoming events
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•OnlineHow can we explain ontological relations between mind and brain, if any?
OnlineWorkshop # 31, Mind/Brain Relations, Series 10,
This event begins 7.30 pm S'pore & WA time, 11.30 am UK, 6.30 am NY.
You will need to view the relevant podcast below on YouTube before joining the meeting in order to participate in the discussion.
https://youtu.be/8B7TUZDOoKs
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Join this group at meetup.com/philosophy-of-value-workshops
The workshops include of a prior presentation of the topic by myself on YouTube. The meeting itself consists of a brief review of the topic followed by questions and discussion. The weekly topic is posted a week before the event, together with a suggested reading from my work The Pursuit of Value, available through Amazon Books or myself. Transcripts of the Youtube presentation are available by email.
THIS WEEK: The phenomenon of consciousness is the most fundamental fact of human existence. Yet its initial emergence is one of the least understood events in philosophy and science. David Chalmers called it ‘the hard problem’, described by Paul Davies as “arguably the hardest problem facing science today”. So what is this fundamental relation between mind and matter? Following Hume’s scepticism, it might be premature to call it causal, or ontological, given other alternative relations like logical necessity, quantum entanglement, or even Whitehead’s ‘uncognitive apprehension’. Are there any clues in such concepts that might help resolve this unanswered question? Reading: The Pursuit of Value, Ch. 6, Scn. vi.14 attendees
Past events
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