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Month: August 2013

God and evolution

31 August 201321 September 2013 Myers P2: What can I know? oldie but goodie

Man vs. God.  “We commissioned Karen Armstrong and Richard Dawkins to respond independently to the question “Where does evolution leave God?” Neither knew what the other would say. Here are the results.”

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Are our brains wired for math?

30 August 201321 September 2013 Myers P2: What can I know? oldie but goodie

Numbers guy.  “According to Stanislas Dehaene, humans have an inbuilt ‘number sense’ capable of some basic calculations and estimates. The problems start when we learn mathematics and have to perform procedures that are anything but instinctive.”

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Free will

Link 29 August 201320 November 2013 Myers P3: What am I? free will, oldie but goodie

Free will: now you have it, now you don’t.  “I was a free man until they brought the dessert menu around.” Good review of ideas about free will. More here.

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Animal morality?

Link 29 August 20132 September 2013 Myers E1: What makes morality moral?, P1: What should I do?, P3: What am I?

The kindness of beasts?

Is morality a peculiarly human thing?

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