Fundamental Reality XIII: Surprised by Something
Having described briefly the bearing of both Ethics and Consciousness on the nature of the fundamental reality, let's ask whether the source of these things would really be the same thing as a god, to...
View ArticleFundamental Reality XIV: Conclusion
Putting everything together, I have argued—using plausibility arguments, not strictly deductive proofs—that it is reasonable to believe in a metaphysically ultimate being, and that given the reality of...
View ArticleFundamental Reality: Index
Here is an index for my now complete series on the metaphysical question of what is the most fundamental aspect of reality, giving my own take on the Cosmological Argument, the Argument from...
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God and Time I: Metaphysics
I've been asked to write about the relationship between God and Time. I believe that God is not a part of Time, that he is eternal and unchanging, and that therefore he knows (what we consider to be)...
View ArticleAgainst Pantheism
In the comment mines I suggested, off-handedly, three possible metaphysical explanations for consciousness, without endorsing any of them. A reader John responds to one of these suggestions: To my...
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Consciousness and Falsifiability
So g and I were discussing the nature of Consciousness in another thread, and he said something here that I've been meaning to reply to for a while. We were discussing Chalmers' arguments (described...
View ArticleSean Carroll and the Afterlife
A while back, a reader of my blog asked me to respond to the following video in which Sean Carroll discusses why he doesn't believe in the afterlife: Sean Carroll On Death And The Afterlife [Please...
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Interpreting the Quantum World I: Measurement & Non-Locality
In previous posts Aron introduced us to the strange, yet compelling world of quantum mechanics and its radical departures from our everyday experience. We saw that the classical world we grew up with,...
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Interpreting the Quantum World II: What Does It Mean?
In the first installment of this series, we immersed ourselves in the quantum realm that lies beneath our everyday experience and discovered a universe that bears little resemblance to it. Instead of...
View ArticleWill the real god God please stand up?
There are many reasons why I’m not retired, but one of the bigger ones is that I haven’t figured out yet how to get at least a quarter (if not a dollar bill) from every person who’s ever asked me how I...
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