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ContraWagner

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"I see philosophy and science as in the same boat - a boat which we can rebuild only at sea while staying afloat in it. There is no external vantage point, no first philosophy. All scientific findings, all scientific conjectures that are at present plausible, are therefore in my view as welcome for use in philosophy as elsewhere" -- W.V. Quine

Name: Jason
Age: 21

March 10, 2009 Update

I am having some trouble uploading the lecture by van Fraassen. As soon as the issue is resolved, I will resume uploading.

Feb 28, 2009 Update

Please watch out for pseudoscientists on YouTube.
New Scientist has published an article that helps you spot out pseudoscientists who carry religious baggage along with them.

How to spot a hidden religious agenda from New Scientist

1. Invocation of scientific materialism in a negative sense as though it's bad or inadaquate ontology
2. Invocation of Cartesian dualism
3. (Intentionally) misguided interpretations of quantum physics
4. Branding of biologists as Darwinists and theory of evolution as Darwinism. This is not necessarily a negative description of biologists and theory of evolution, but ID, Internet gurus use these terminologists to contrast the mainstream scientific view with pseudoscientific view they advertise.
5. Use of mystical illumination and general sentiment
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I like philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and metaphysics.

I am especially interested in the following questions.
1) Is there genuine explanatory gap between the level of consciousness and the brain state?
2) Is there normative nature to Quine's Naturalized Epistemology
3) Do pragmatic virtues such as simplicity, aesthetic values, explanatory scope, usefulness of scientific theories etc relate to the Truth?

Country: Canada
Occupation: Student
Interests and Hobbies: Writing, Reading, Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy, Theology, Christianity, Deism, Atheism
Movies and Shows: Pulp Fiction, A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove..., Lolita, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining, Oldboy, Vertigo, China Town, Full Metal Jacket, Psycho, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Miss Sunshine, Igby Goes Down, Everything is Illuminated, The Science of Sleep, Spring Summer Fall Winter...and Spring ..., The Virgin Suicide
Music: Stars, Mogwai, Grandaddy, The Apples in Stereo, Pavement, The Unicorns, Jon Brion, Radiohead, The Arrogants, The Radio Dept., All Girl Summer Fun Band, My Bloody Valentine, Camera Obscura, Wilco, Sondre Lerche, I'm From Barcelona, 65daysofstatic, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, M83, Kind of Like Spitting, Jazzzzzzzz
Books: Hermann Hesse, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, Daniel Dennett, Gilbert Ryle, Hilary Putnam, Kim Jaegwon, Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker
Website: http://mybread.blogspot.com/

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	ignusblack (1 month ago) Awesome channel, I can see you are a big fan of Stanley kubrick. And also Hermann Hesse one of my favorite books is "Demian", just great.
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