Time Melted Toy Brain

19Jan19

I cannot hope to provide a complete or even thorough review of Reza’s Intelligence and Spirit. S.C. Hickman has provided some reflections here but it would be a tall order for anyone to do a proper review (though I imagine one is forthcoming). This introduction by Robin Mackay is very helpful. Here I simply want to address […]

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Tags: Boltzmann, f.h. bradley, Hegel, McTaggart, philosophy of mind, reza negarestani, time, time consciousness

Time Alone

23Mar18

This originally appeared here as part of Emily Thomas’ series on the metaphysics of time. Can two people ever experience the same now? The question can immediately strike us as naive, or not worth asking. Yet, for the British Idealist F.H. Bradley (1846-1924), the answer was a firm ‘no.’ The possible reasons why are numerous […]

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Tags: Christopher Priest, f.h. bradley, metaphysics of the self, metaphysics of time, time

Felt Masses and Divided Experience

02Oct17

For almost two years I have been working on a short book on the philosophy of F.H. Bradley. One of the most interesting aspects of Bradley is the role that he gives to experience and feeling. Though his foundation is a combination of Kant and Hegel (the emphasis of the self’s unity in the former […]

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Tags: experience, f.h. bradley, feeling, idealism, mass terms, plural logic