Philosophy Bites Daily

The Singularity - is it near?

Ray Kurzweil thinks that we are on track for uploading minds in the lifetimes of some people now living. Read more...

Saul Kripke Speaks

Saul Kripke, who read Descartes when very young, found Philosophy confusing: 'One philosopher says one thing, then another one comes along and says something entirely different'. Read more...

The Experimental Philosophy of Consciousness

We attribute consciousness on the basis of facts about the body of the being in question. This is the claim of experimental philosophers. Not sure what implications this has for the Turing Test. Read more...

Immortality By Scientific Means

Sidgwick, Lenin, H.G. Wells and Kurzweil - a mixed bunch - but all interested in immortality by scientific means. John Gray tells us that science enlarges what we can do, but can't (so won't) reprieve us from being what we are. Very probably true, but how does he know? Read more...

Longevity and Self-Modernisation

Robert Rowland Smith muses on time passing and the impact of longevity on what we do with our lives. Should we change who we are? Read more...