David Chalmers’ essay on the hard problem of consciousness has sparked many analyses, arguments, and counterclaims. Here I explain why we should think about the hard problem as two different problems, ...

David Chalmers’ essay on the hard problem of consciousness has sparked many analyses, arguments, and counterclaims. Here I explain why we should think about the hard problem as two different problems, ...

Synthese, Vol. 198, No. S3, Supplement 3: Special Issue on The Scientific Turn: Studies in Materialism and Metaphysics (February 2021), pp. S885-S903 (19 pages) Materialism—the view that all of ...

In the philosophy of science, identity over time emerges as a central concern both as an ontological category in the interpretation of physical theories, and as an epistemological problem concerning ...

MR. BURNS has produced a very clear argument. It avoids the epistemological problem of intercourse, and the psychological problem of the genesis of knowledge, and narrows itself to the discussion of ...

If the nature of humans is to inquire into the world around them, then the way this inquiry is conducted is revealing in that it can say something about the character or worth of the person. The ...