Lockhart’s problem

The Philosophers' Magazine 25 (30):25-30 (2014)
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If we had more powerful minds would we be puzzled by less - because we could make better theories - or by more - because we could ask more difficult questions? This paper focuses on clarifying the question, with an emphasis on comparisons between actual and possible species of thinker. A pre-publication version of the paper is available on my website at http://www.fernieroad.ca/a/PAPERS/papers.html .

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Adam Morton
PhD: Princeton University; Last affiliation: University of British Columbia

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