Do you ever chuckle at people who see the face of Jesus on their toast? They find confirmation of their faith everywhere; it’s a knot in their wooden table, a message in the clouds, or a face at the bottom of their teacup. Rather than disparage them, we should try to understand their error: it’s a simple methodological mistake. They actively seek out “signs”, and therefore they find them everywhere.
Category: Metaphysics
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The Metaphysics of Logic
Logic is the bedrock foundation on which to build your worldview. It’s presupposed by every conclusion, every premise, and every thought. The very concepts of “truth” and “falsehood” are grounded in logic. So naturally, the question must be asked, “What exactly is logic? What is its metaphysical status?”
What does it mean to say “logic exists” – what is its existence like?
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The Logic of Nothing
Occasionally, language and logic blend together in such a way where the results are funny. It’s rare, but this is one of those occasions.
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The Case Against Physicalism
We have to start from scratch, because we’re biased.
Entertain the idea that all your beliefs about the world are wrong. You’ve been dreaming your whole life, and you’ve just awoken in the real world. You don’t know how anything works. You don’t know what types of things exist. All you know is that you’re having sensory experiences. You feel things.
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Does Free Will Even Make Sense?
Few things are as intuitively obvious, yet philosophically challenging, as the existence of free will. Do we have it? Our intuition screams “Of course!”. But our rational analysis screams, “Of course not!”.
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Logic and Infinity: The Errors of Calculus
Humans are lazy when thinking about infinity. Usually it doesn’t matter, but sometimes, our imprecision comes with big philosophical implications. Profound logical errors permeate mathematics – in calculus and set theory in particular – due to an inaccurate conception of infinity.