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What is consciousness? Is it the “self”? Is it “me”? Basho argues no!

Posted by Basho on 21 Apr 2010 / 10 Comments

You are in possession of the one of the universe’s most mysterious objects. Your personal copy of this object differs in function only slightly from all the other similar objects in our solar system. It is the part of you that feels pleasure and yet it is also the part of you that knows pain. [...]



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Killing for Pleasure?

Posted by Basho on 07 Jan 2010 / 33 Comments

This post is a break from the normal schedule. It is a corollary to the “Philosophy Bites?” post a few days ago. I am going to try an answer one of the questions raised by readers of that post, in this case my old sparring partner Tom; who posted the following in the comments: So, [...]



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Philosophy Bites? (Killing in War)

Posted by Basho on 23 Dec 2009 / 6 Comments

I regularly listen to the podcast Philosophy Bites presented by Nigel Warburton. In each episode, a new and interesting topic is raised with a guest philosopher (someone always of note) who has about ten minutes to present their view. I have not written about it before, but this is not because it has not stirred [...]



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