PHILOSOPHICAL CREATURES Sybil, delving into the mysteries of consciousness

cons Catalina seeks shelter from Cartesian skepticism. (She also gives Descartes the devil-eyes.) shelter Bison. We couldn’t fit him in the car. He’s probably a Platonist, so it’s no great loss. dsc00422 I give a philosophy talk to a seagull. But he flew away before I got to the really good part. dsc01493 Bronte has an epiphany about Humean contingency. dsc01580 Bronte recovers from her epiphany dsc01695 Jack contemplates the nature of spatial relations. img_0270 What, exactly, separates an object from the surrounding space? img_0278-2 Blue-footed booby contemplates whether qualia are physical while human slowly dies from hypothermia img_0185 This has something to do with mereology, but I’m not sure what. (These seals are napping, not dead.) img_0162 Fitz works on his paper about personal identity, focusing on what Locke says about dreamless sleep. fitz Chickens wonder whether the external world continues to exist when they are not perceiving it. photo-2