Tag: Carlo Rovelli

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 12, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

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Alex Rosenberg, Carlo Rovelli, David A. Oakley, Harry G. Frankfurt, Immortal Mind (Worthy 2025), Joe Gough, Michael Egnor, On Bullshit (2005), Patricia Churchland, Peter L. Halligan, Thomas Metzinger}

Why Do Smart People Think Their Minds Are an Illusion?

_{A belief that makes no sense is a cornerstone of much neuroscience and philosophy of mind} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 12, 2026

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Philosophy of Mind}

Michael Egnor comments that academics often hold such beliefs because they make them sound clever, not because they make sense.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 10, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Physics

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Anil Seth (on Hard Problem of consciousness), Carlo Rovelli, David Chalmers, Hard Problem of consciousness (as not so hard), Tim Bayne}

Can We Talk the Hard Problem of Consciousness Out of Existence?

_{A prominent theoretical physicist thinks it is worth a try} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 10, 2026

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Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

We don’t have a reason to expect the eliminative materialism Carlo Rovelli recommends, which has not helped in the past, to be more help in the future.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 16, 2025

Categorized
Animal mind, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind, Physics

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Annaka Harris, Carlo Rovelli, Daniel Dennett (1942–2024), Featured, Lee Smolin, Quantum Mechanics, Sam Harris}

Science Writer: The Self Is Part of a Conscious Universe

_{Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 16, 2025

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Animal mind, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

Harris is the wife of well-known New Atheist neuroscientist Sam Harris, at one time one of the Four Horsemen of the New Atheist apocalypse.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 17, 2025

Categorized
History, Philosophy, Physics

Tagged
Carlo Rovelli, Fine-tuning, Karl Popper (1902–1994), Standard Model (of physics), Thomas Kuhn (1922–1996)}

Physicist: “Bad Philosophy” May Spur Search for New Physics

_{Carlo Rovelli points out that revolutions’ in the history of fundamental physics are more conservative than they are often depicted} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 17, 2025

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History, Philosophy, Physics}

It may not just be bad philosophy. It may also be a determination to believe in a universe that the evidence does not support.