Friction

<p>If Wittgenstein is right, the mystery of “private experience” doesn’t point to hidden inner objects or an incommunicable language of sensation, but to a philosophical picture that makes our ordinary talk about pain...

<p>Are gender and sexuality really two neat boxes, or are they better understood as positions in a multidimensional space where people can differ by degree rather than kind?</p><p>My links...

<p>1. Guest</p><p>Daniel Nicholson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at George Mason University, and his work has focused on the philosophy of science, and in particular biology and life sciences.</p><p>Check out his...

<p>What is error, and what is scientific error? Douglas Allchin explores the various types of scientific errors, how to identify them, and how to do science in light of them.</p><p>My links...

<p>What is discrimination, and what makes it wrongful?</p><p>My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy.</p><p>1. Author</p><p>Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen is professor in political theory at University of Aarhus...

<p>What is the mind, and how do we address the hard problem?</p><p>My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy.</p><p>1. Guest</p><p>Joseph Mendola is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln...

<p>What is deception, and can it occur without an intention to mislead, especially when the person being deceived is oneself?</p><p>My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy</p><p>1. Guest</p><p>Vladimir Krstić is...

<p>If quantum mechanics forces us to rethink what a “measurement outcome” even is, can experiments still count as genuine evidence for any scientific theory?</p><p>My links...

<p>What if the deepest question about “you” isn’t whether you’re the same person over time, but which future life it’s actually rational for you to anticipate and care about as your survival?</p><p>My links...

<p>Can brains build consciousness? In this interview, Paul Thagard argues that they can, and explains his approach.</p><p>My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy.</p><p>1. Guest</p><p>Paul Thagard is...

<p>If we ever make first contact, the hard part might not be sending a message across space, but working out whether aliens do science in anything like our sense, share concepts like number and explanation, and could...

<p>Can a Bayesian look at fine-tuning make “design” less compelling, and do Grim Reaper-style infinity puzzles really show that an infinite past is impossible?</p><p>My links...

<p>What if Kant is right that real freedom is not doing whatever you feel like, but choosing principles you can rationally endorse and then living by them?</p><p>My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy.</p><p>1...

<p>If causation is not fundamental, what keeps reality from turning into chaos with things randomly popping into existence, and does the kalām’s claim that whatever begins to exist has a cause really explain the order...

<p>What, if anything, happened before the Big Bang, which origin story is right, and what future observations could finally decide between them?</p><p>My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy.</p><p>1...