As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

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What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Source
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Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Source
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