Introduction
Not how atoms bond – but why. Why is there something rather than nothing? The opening post: where to begin, and what this page is and is not.
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Illuminism
Eran Even-Haim · Philosophy · Mathematics · Science · Consciousness
The Illusion of the Senses
The blue of the sky is not in the sky. It is in your head.
Two Ways to Truth
If you have seen a hundred white swans, do you know they are all white? On empiricism, rationalism, and two ways to truth.
Mathematics: Discovered, Not Invented
Can you cut a key for a lock whose existence no one yet knows? On mathematics as discovery, not invention.
Where Is the Law of Gravity?
Every atom obeys the law of gravity; no atom contains it. Where do the laws of physics exist?
What Separates a Dream from Reality?
A lucid dream proves the brain can build a full sensory world with no external input. So what is actually real?
The Principle of Sufficient Reason
If God created the world – who created God? And if the Big Bang is the beginning of everything, where did it come from?
Meritocracy – The Word Everyone Misunderstands
Democracy will not be humanity’s last system of government.
Fact ≠ Value – Hume's Guillotine
One of the most common mistakes in moral debates is the assumption that a description of the world can yield a conclusion about how it ought to be.
Hempel’s Dilemma
The entire intellectual edifice of scientific materialism rests on a single word: “matter.” It purports to explain the whole universe – from the Big Bang to consciousness – through laws that apply to material entities.