Philosophical Imaginations

Episode 4: the Extended Mind

Is the mind really confined within the skull? When notebooks, tools, and the world around us continually participate in memory and thought, might they become part of the mind itself?

Episode 3: Singer's Drowning Child

If saving someone costs us very little, are we morally required to act? Peter Singer’s “drowning child” thought experiment asks whether distance should make any difference to what we owe others.

"Mind-Dependent Objectivity": A Preliminary Exploration

This essay, by defending “mind-dependent objectivity,” shows how morality can depend on human attitudes while still allowing for better and worse moral judgments. It argues that moral disagreement does not eliminate the possibility of moral objectivity.

Episode 2: Is Abortion Really Murder?

If it's not murder to refuse to provide an organ that is essential for someone's survival, is abortion murder simply because it refuses to provide the fetus with the abdomen?

Episode 1: The Sorites Paradox

Could a grain of sand be a heap?