chrisGoadThe Hard Problem of Sensation1. Awareness via mathematical realism7 min read·Mar 1, 2024----
chrisGoadThe Realm of the DeterminateBy a determinate, I mean a property of the world whose value is not dependent on chance or on human choice. I will start with determinacies…4 min read·Oct 6, 2023----
chrisGoadConsciousness Is an Axiom, Not a TheoremThis brief article is in reply to Casper Skern Wilstrup’s piece: We Know Exactly What Consciousness Is — Don’t Let Anyone Tell You…2 min read·Jun 21, 2023----
chrisGoadA Phenomenology of Visual PatternIn this note, I wish to convince you of three things, using a few examples. First, your perception of a patterned image, such as the one…9 min read·Oct 2, 2022----
chrisGoadAt the Boundary of the PhysicalIn order to consider the boundary of the physical, I first need to say what I mean by the physical. This explanation will in turn require…7 min read·Jan 14, 2022--1--1
chrisGoadMathematical PhenomenologyPhenomenology is the study of appearances. Let’s consider an example of the simplest kind: the situation of a person gazing attentively at…17 min read·Mar 21, 2021--3--3
chrisGoadPhenomenological Lessons from a Simple ImageConsider this image. Not much to see. Just a grid of randomly oriented line segments, yes?8 min read·Oct 14, 2020----
chrisGoadVisual Experience as TheoryConsider the image above. With a glance, you know many things about it. If I asked you to describe it, you would likely come up with…8 min read·Aug 16, 2020----
chrisGoadThe Phenomenology of Abstract ImagesWe don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. (Anaïs Nin)6 min read·Jan 17, 2020----
chrisGoadPhenomena from Inside and OutI use the word “phenomena” to mean appearances. This is the sense ascribed to it by the philosophical discipline known as phenomenology.11 min read·Nov 23, 2019----