Kicking off the afternoon session for the 'Why Middle-Sized Matters for Science, Theology, and Metaphysics' with a talk by Philip Goff on The Mystery of Psycho-Physical Harmony

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I'm about to give a talk on psychophysical harmony. Live stream below.

I'm about to give talk on the mystery of psychophysical harmony. Livestream below.

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I need to buy a better beard trimmer

I like Bohm

something to do with biological facts collapsing the wave function

Back in Hogwarts again...I seem to spend my whole life here... 🤣

Just asked George Ellis what he thinks of Sean Carroll 's arguments against strong emergence... Got very robust response!

He's arguing best solution to measurement problem is to supplement quantum dynamics with fundamental biological dynamics in the spirit of Aristotle.

Ian Marcus Corbin Philip Goff Livestream of Robert Koon’s lecture, which has just started: youtube.com/live/2IUievDNQ…

Recordings should be on the Pusey House website in the not-too-distant future

Rob Koons arguing that we need to return to Aristotle to make sense of quantum mechanics.

Next up Rob Koons calling for a return to Aristotle

Watching public lecture in Oxford by George Ellis defending the scientific credibility of purpose and agency.

This was a lovely chat
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I love Galen but I think this argument assumes what it's trying to prove (or as we philosophers say 'begs the question'). Premise 2 in particular assumes libertarianism is false.

There are real objective skills in analysing concepts and dealing with the logical structure of arguments. It's wonderful to see students getting better in these skills as the degree progresses. It's not easy!

sandipchitale Philip Goff My personal experience (as someone with graduate degrees in both philosophy and neuroscience) is that expertise in philosophy is much harder to acquire than science & the idea that one can just pick it up and take a weekend to solve a philosophical problem is disciplinary hubris

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