Sep
28
Stephen Hawkings’ “Cosmology and Theism”
September 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
Good afternoon, philosophers! This week’s paper deals with cosmology and the existence of God. Recently, famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawkings made the controversial claim that God in fact did not create the universe, that quantum cosmology leaves no space for a Creator. Since then, many theists have attacked Hawkings’ assertion, arguing that his findings, even [...]
Sep
22
Metaphysics of Linguistics
September 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
Hey UPA’ers, This week’s reading deals with dualism and language. In their paper, Wolfram Hinzen and Juan Uriagereka argue that the faculty of language correlates with mathematical capacity. They argue for a higher-dimensional syntax that follows the same model of the hierarchy of numbers, which would mean that the physicalist could not account for syntax [...]
Sep
8
Analytic and Continental Philosophy: What’s the difference?
September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Hello, fellow UPA’ers! First off, I want to apologize for a technical error on my part. I mistakenly believed that I sent an email to everyone on the mailing list regarding the location of our meetings for the semester, when in fact I accidentally omitted a big chunk of it. I had a few people [...]