Comics & Visual Philosophy

Philosophy, drawn.

Comics on consciousness, color, AI, ontology, and perception.
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A series of philosophical comics on the fundamental problems of the philosophy of mind, psychology, perception, artificial intelligence, and the cognitive sciences. Each comic tackles one specific conceptual knot — color, identity, consciousness, representation — with images and arguments.

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What and Where Are Colors?
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2018 EN

What and Where Are Colors?

Is the world really colorless, as neuroscience claims, or are colors out there, in the world? A re-reading of the history of color perception from Newton to contemporary neuroscience.

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Existence Is Relative
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2017 EN

Existence Is Relative

Does the physical world have an autonomous existence? This comic shows the opposite. Starting from the Eleatic principle and from elementary arguments of physics: everything that exists is relative to something else.

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Objectbound: A Mind-Object Identity Theory
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2016 EN

Objectbound: A Mind-Object Identity Theory

A concise sketch of the mind-object identity theory. Where is consciousness? Why should it sit inside the brain? Might it not be identical with the external world?

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Objectbound in Italian
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2016 IT

Objectbound (in Italian)

A concise comic version of the spread mind. It examines the hypothesis of identity between mind and external object and tests it against individual experience and empirical data.

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Nothing Appears, Everything Takes Place
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2014 EN

Nothing Appears, Everything Takes Place

The Kantian split between reality and appearance is taken apart. Nothing appears — everything takes place. Each thing is exactly as it seems. Sorry, Magritte.

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Will a Machine Ever Be Conscious?
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2013 EN

Will a Machine Ever Be Conscious?

Is it possible to design and build a conscious machine? Empirical and theoretical models are set side by side. The answer — as always — depends on what we mean by consciousness.

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Do Objects Exist or Take Place?
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2012 EN

Do Objects Exist or Take Place?

What is an object? A set of parts becomes a unity when it acts together to produce a joint effect. It follows from the Eleatic principle: to exist is to produce effects. The body brings whole worlds into existence.

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Where and When Is Information?
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2011 EN

Where and When Is Information?

Is information real, or just a convenient epistemic fiction for describing a world of complicated objects? The question is more treacherous than it seems.

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There Are No Intermediate Entities
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2010 EN

There Are No Intermediate Entities

Representations — images, symbols, codes — are everywhere in cognitive thought. But are they real? The intermediate-entity fallacy taken apart panel by panel.

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A Process View of Reality
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2008 EN

A Process View of Reality

Things are not static entities: they are processes. The comic explores a process view of physical reality — a precursor of the mind-object identity theory.

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Una visione processuale della realtà
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2008 IT

Una visione processuale della realtà

Things are not static entities: they are processes. The Italian version of the comic exploring a process view of physical reality — a precursor of the MOI theory.

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