Category Archives: Monthly Conundrums
April 2013 Conundrum
Ask yourself ‘might I have been a hippopotamus?’ What is your answer? You’ll find a short explanation in the blog, and if you’d like to read something about this in order to think about it try the ever-reliable and completely … Continue reading
April Conundrum
How should we distinguish the notions of ‘subjective’ and ‘objective’? It is a knotty problem because it is clear that there are, for example, objective facts about subjective states. Either you are happy, for example, or you are not, if … Continue reading
September Conundrum
Can non-events be causes? It certainly seems so given that we might say that the flowers died because the gardener didn’t water them. But the Queen didn’t water them either, why should we say that it was the gardener’s not … Continue reading
July’s Conundrum
Could we falsely believe we are happy? Lots of people think that if we believe we are happy we must actually be happy. But is this true? Nozick imagines an ‘experience machine’ such that when we are attached to it … Continue reading
