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The principle of sufficient reason is very controversial and cannot be taken for granted. Facts and values are interrelated, which is all I need to reject the is/ought fallacy.

Qualia, in my mind, do no exist. It’s an invention of philosophers of mind who cannot bring themselves to accept that the world is causal and materialistic. A waste of time, sorry.

Leibniz’s thought experiment was pre-Darwinian. We are biological machines, albeit pretty sophisticated ones.

With all due respect to Moore, baloney. Goodness is the result of biological instincts for cooperation that evolved in a highly social, highly intelligent species. We then improve them by way of our (admittedly limited) ability to reason.

Thanks for the kind words about my article, despite our disagreement.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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