materialism Archives - Making Up Minds

Aversions to Idealism

Post author:Gabriel
Post published:February 1, 2020
Post category:consciousness philosophy of mind physics Uncategorized

I was reading John Heil's (fairly brief) discussion of idealism in his philosophy of mind book. It's an interesting read because he spends most of the time saying that the…

Does Materialism Need an External Agent?

Post author:Gabriel
Post published:September 10, 2019
Post category:consciousness physics religion

I posted yesterday on the question of whether idealism requires an external agent, a claim made by the philosopher Stathis Psillos. The discussion on Twitter continued today. His comments didn't…

Does Idealism Need an External Agent?

Post author:Gabriel
Post published:September 9, 2019
Post category:consciousness philosophy of mind physics

I thought this was an interesting but odd tweet by the philosopher Stathis Psillos: https://twitter.com/StathisPsillos/status/1169913170779136000 I'm not sure whether he means ontological idealism (the ultimate foundations of reality are mental)…