This my philosophy blog — a place for short, informal philosophical essays, mainly on consciousness, illusionism, and other topics in philosophy of mind, aimed mainly at philosophically informed readers. Feel free to cite them, but note that they represent thinking in progress rather than settled positions. From 2026, material posted here is also published on my Substack of the same name: ‘How the magic works’.
Click on any title to read the full piece, together with comments from readers.
The dynamical combination problem
10 October 2020
Essential-state materialism and multiple realizability
3 October 2020
Introducing mephistos
30 August 2020
The last word about Mary
25 August 2020
Illusionism and compassion
11 July 2020
Consciousness is a life-transforming illusion
16 June 2020
Nothing but
16 June 2020
Accelerating research on consciousness?
31 March 2020
Bright shiny colours
22 January 2020
