4 docs tagged with "philosophy-of-mind"

Statistical thinking is merely an artifact of human ignorance. We need to use statistics nature does not.

Joyous Drifting

Of course, if water boils in a pot, steam comes out of the pot, and also a picture of steam comes out of a picture of the pot. But what if one insisted on saying that there must also be something boiling in the picture of the pot?

If Shakespeare had Hamlet say "I think therefore I am" would that prove to us that Hamlet exists? Should it prove that to Hamlet, and if so what is such a proof worth? Could not any proof be written into a work of fiction and be presented by one of the characters, perhaps one named "Descartes"?