Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Externalism

  • Spread Mind

    Reader Matteo sends us here, where we read: So let me tell you why the Spread Mind promises to solve one of the most difficult problems in the history of science and philosophy. First, allow me to be clear about the terminology. First, all my efforts are based on a straightforward empirical hypothesis, the so called Mind-Object Identity hypothesis (MOI),…

  • Divine Simplicity and God’s Contingent Knowledge: An Aporetic Tetrad

    The following entry draws heavily upon W. Matthews Grant, "Divine Simplicity, Contingent Truths, and Extrinsic Models of Divine Knowing," Faith and Philosophy, vol. 29, no. 3, July 2012, pp. 254-274. It also bears upon my discussion with Professor Dale Tuggy.  He holds that God is a being among beings.  I deny that God is a…