Thales of Miletus and the Maxim Philosophers Forgot             
Peter Jones Peter Jones

Thales of Miletus and the Maxim Philosophers Forgot             

Thales of Miletus, for his work in the 6th century BCE, is today widely regarded as the first philosopher in the ‘Western’ tradition. History records him as a pioneering thinker and perhaps the most revered of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece. Oddly, however, and much to their cost, Thales is almost entirely ignored by later philosophers, and today it is almost as if he never existed. .

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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Ingredient
Metaphysics, Philosophy, Consciousness Peter Jones Metaphysics, Philosophy, Consciousness Peter Jones

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Ingredient

Episode I

A Puzzle in the Paper

It is a late autumn Sunday morning. At 221B Baker Street Mrs Hudson has lit the fire and cleared away the breakfast things. Holmes and Watson are comfortably settled in their armchairs reading the papers.

“I say Holmes, have you seen this piece in the Times about consciousness?”….

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