Contra Naturalism
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Does the Soul Matter?
I recently had the chance to reread G.W.F. Leibniz’s 1714 essay Monadology This short work—comprising 90 succinct remarks—offers a compact yet profound treatment of the nature of reality, covering topics ranging from the nature of substance, the soul, free will, God, Science, and more. While reading, I was reminded of a short interview which I Continue reading
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The Physical and the Non-Physical
To some, sensory experience serves as the sole criterion for determining what is, was, and will be . We might, however, question the assumptions behind this worldview. If a ball is dropped, we may measure its acceleration relative to gravity. Here we discern a fundamental relation: a falling object and an observer measuring its descent. Continue reading