(with J. Cumpa) Metaphysical Fundamentals, issue of American Philosophical Quarterly (2014), pp. 98. Articles by Amie Thomasson, Lynne Rudder Baker, Jorge Gracia ...

Stephen Hawking was perfectly in line with the ancient philosophers when he acknowledged that physics points to the deeper questions of metaphysics. Indeed, when questions stop becoming scientific, ...

In Cotard’s syndrome, the feeling of existence corrodes but something more fundamental does not (see “How do I know I exist“). Even though people with this rare condition feel they don’t exist, there ...

Sun 22, 1pm – 2.30pm: “What is Metaphysics?” is a question highly debated and not easy to answer. In contemporary philosophy, metaphysics is often understood as the area of the discipline that asks ...

German philosopher Martin Heidegger’s angst-ridden non-answer to what he called “the fundamental question” was that a fear of nothing was the defining feature of the human condition. We certainly seem ...

Source: Image created with Chat-GPT Is metaphysics (the study of the ultimate foundation of reality) useful? I will argue that a substantive part of the literature is not - or what we call analytic ...

Pregnancy is astonishing; it’s just that no-one has noticed. Well, that’s not entirely true, but in the exacting world of analytic philosophy, the idea of one becoming two hasn’t quite taken hold.

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. The Knowledge Encyclopedia reads: ...