Summer Schedule

• Tuesday: Philosophy
  

  Tuesdays will usually feature a modestly long post (less than 3,000 words) inviting discussions throughout the week.

• Wednesday: Games (ihobo)
  

  Wednesdays feature a games post over on ihobo.com.

 

Serial: Digital Souls (Coming Soon!)

The sequel to the popular Religion in Science Fiction serial! My use of "soul" in this context is deliberate, via a door opened by Douglas Hofstadter, and combines elements from philosophy of mind, metaphysics and theories of personal identity.

The serial will explore and contrast the philosophy of Descartes, David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, Justin Leiber, John Locke, Mary Midgley, Derek Parfit and others concerning the notion of a "person", "conscious mind" or a "soul" by looking at how these concepts have been portrayed in popular science fiction including Avatar, Dollhouse, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Star Trek, Stargate Universe, Doctor Who, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the 1972 films Solaris and  Silent Running.

The new serial begins later this year, or in early 2012.

 

Metaphysical Disclosure

I identify myself as a Zen Sufi Hindu Christian Discordian, a non-atheist, and a scientific anarchist, and my personal political issues are the environment and freedom of belief - the foundation upon which all our other freedoms rest.

All beliefs are welcome here.

Comments

[Sirc]

Summer schedule?! That's hemisphere discrimination >:O!

[Chris]

Well this is a tough nut to crack - I could say Q2 Schedule, but that's dull, and discriminates against Muslims and other people whose calendars don't start in January. >:)

I think, given that it's my blog, I should feel free to use my season. ;)