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

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 ...

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, ...

Metaphysics has never had a “fun” reputation. Many people—if they’ve even heard of the M-word— tend to associate it with woozy, abstract lectures about time and space that spiral into confusion and ...

“ALL men by nature desire to know.” So begins the first book of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, written about two and a half thousand years ago and still one of the most influential works of Western ...

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 ...

Metaphysical practices, mysticism, and what was called the “New Age Movement” for its revival of ancient practices isn’t anything new—religious practices like Hinduism and Buddhism have always ...

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, ...