Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D
If You Ask “Why?”, You’re A Philosopher And You’re Awesome
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on January 26, 2025
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Imagine a planet on the far side of the galaxy. We will never interact with it. We will never ... Read more
Philosophy And The Ring Of Darkness
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on January 21, 2025
DALL-E image of a circle of light with vague forms in a penumbra of darkness around it. http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com “As the circle of light expands, so also ... Read more
Hyperreality, Synchromysticism And Simulation
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on August 8, 2024
Image by Eleanor Smith from Pixabay We are the first digital inhabitants of a universe of pure symbolic media exchange, living in an empty space ... Read more
Against The Finger
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on November 30, 2023
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay There’s a discussion-queue tradition in philosophy that some people love, but which I’ve come to oppose. It’s too ripe for ... Read more
What Is Wrong With “Morality”?
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on July 21, 2023
Image by Chil Vera from Pixabay Is morality good or bad for you? The bottom line: For those who like to control the life ... Read more
Flipping Pascal’s Wager On Its Head
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on June 24, 2023
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay In his famous Wager, Pascal contemplates whether one should choose to believe in God. (Maybe we can’t directly choose ... Read more
Moral Mediocrity
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on February 25, 2023
http://Image by Adina Voicu from Pixabay Apologizing for vegitariansim and doo-gooder derogation – Some moral psychology Here’s my theory. Generally speaking, I believe that people ... Read more
The Washout Argument Against Longtermism
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on October 12, 2022
Main Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay/Presentation: Derivative Images Longtermism is the view that what we choose to do now should be substantially influenced by ... Read more
What Gorilla? Why Some Can’t See Psychic Phenomena
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on September 29, 2022
Image by 愚木混株 Cdd20 from Pixabay Imagine you’re watching a basketball game. Your favourite team is wearing white and the other team is in black. ... Read more
Conversation Between A Biologist And A Philosopher
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on August 30, 2022
Image by Carlos Alvarenga from Pixabay Two professors from the University of Lorraine discuss questions of the self, non-self and religion. A biologist begins and ... Read more
