Unstable Ontology – by Jessica Taylor

by Jessica Taylor

June 18, 2026 ~ Jessica Taylor ~ Leave a comment I will examine the concept of chirality (the difference between a right hand and a left hand, generalized) and its relevance to philosophy of mind. Philosophy of mind often deals with colors: colors of worldly objects and of mental representations of them. Chirality, like color, can be experienced: it feels different to look at a left hand compared with looking at a right hand. Physics treats chirality more directly than it treats color. Parity symmetry is a feature of some physical universes, but not our own. A parity symmetric universe (assumi

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