Materialism & folk psych

The SEP article on the Philosophy of Neuroscience, says that eliminative materialism (EM) says that folk psychology (FP) is “flawed beyond significant revision.” The example is when I ask you why Marica is not accompanying you this evening, you reply that she has a grant deadline looming. This entails the notion that Marica’s beliefs and . . . → Read More: Materialism & folk psych

Books and paint

A man’s shelf is full of books the way an artist’s is full of tubes of paint. The value lies not in knowing their contents, but in using them.