Gary Williams
In Fall 2014 I'll be a 4th year grad student in Wash U's Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology PhD program. I obtained my Masters in Philosophy at Louisiana State University and graduated with honors from the University of Central Florida with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies that focused on philosophy and psychology, with a minor in cognitive science.
My current research is in the interdisciplinary field of neuroethics, which investigates the ethical implications of neuroscience as it relates to the mind/brain relation. Specifically, I'm working on the philosophical perplexities associated with disorders of consciousness such as the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, the minimally conscious state, and locked-in syndrome. In addition to being devastating for the patients and their loved ones, disorders of consciousness are challenging from both a scientific and philosophical perspective, presenting a myriad of complex epistemic and ethical problems at the heart of neuroethics.
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This is is a strange one. I like this one:
“The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility … The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.”
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson, p. 462
I’d have used it — Hawking is used — saying:
“I do not agree with the view that the universe is a mystery. …I feel that this view does not do justice to the
scientific revolution that was started almost four hundred years ago by Galileo and carried on by Newton. They showed that at least some areas of the universe …are governed by precise mathematical laws. Over the years since then, we have extended the work of Galileo and Newton. …We now have mathematical laws that govern everything we normally experience.”
—Stephen Hawking, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
Anyway — The book is about the Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them … let it be known that I am not mentioned in the book. 🙂
~ Eric
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When it comes to big problems, with many factors that include human behavior, science seems to be doomed to help us understand what was, rather than what is.