Author: Evgenii Rudnyi
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Neuroscience as Science of Thought?
Discussion on whether neuroscience could explain thinking. It is based on quotes from Collingwood – An Essay on Metaphysics. Also I discuss neuroscience and consciousness.
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Free Will and Mathematics
Abstract of the book – Free Will and Mathematics. Two quotes from Collingwood – An Essay on Metaphysics, related to this theme.
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Is the brain in the world or the world in the brain?
Quotes from Max Velmans, Understanding Consciousness. Quantum Dualist Interactionism. On Popper Objective Knowledge. Mental and Physical. On Kant. Enactive theories of perception. Reflexive Monism.
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Resuscitation of Hamsters after Supercooling
Quotes from Lovelock – Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist.
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Karin Knorr-Cetina: Epistemic Cultures
Quotes from Karin Knorr-Cetina, Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge. How to Kill a Laboratory Mouse Humanely. Blind Variation in Molecular Biology. The Black-Boxed Body of the Scientist.
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God as a Cosmic Operator
Quotes from Paul Feyerabend, The Tyranny of Science. History of discussions on stability of the the solar system. Newton believed that God must make corrections to keep stability.
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Collingwood on Monotheism and Science
Quotes from Robin George Collingwood, An Essay on Metaphysics. God Exists as Metaphysical Proposition.
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Two Mathematicians in a Bunker and Existence of Pi
A thought experiment to discuss whether Pi exists. Physicalism vs. Platonism.