Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

According to two-dimensional semantics, the meaning of an expression involves two different "e;dimensions"e;: one dimension involves reference and truth-conditions of a familiar sort, while the other dimension involves the way that reference and truth-conditions depend on the external world (for example, reference and truth-conditions might be held to depend on which individuals and substances are present in the world, or on which linguistic conventions are in place).

Reference is a central topic in philosophy of language, and has been the main focus of discussion about how language relates to the world.

Is it possible to quantify over absolutely all there is?

In the three major religions of the West, God is understood to be a being whose goodness, knowledge, and power is such that it is impossible for any being, including God himself, to have a greater degree of goodness, knowledge, and power.

In the twentieth century English-language philosophy came to be science- and logic-oriented, and was suspicious of metaphysics.

In the twentieth century English-language philosophy came to be science- and logic-oriented, and was suspicious of metaphysics.

The ideology that underlies the concept of race has a long history.

nobody came first / nobody came last / turn the page if you want / but the ringing already passedThe Hole That Rings is a collection of 30 poems on no-self, surrender, and the cosmic joke.

Are you a Cancer?

What does it mean to understand something?

This book provides a naturalistic account of the problems that led Wilfrid Sellars to formulate two rival images of humans and their place in the world.

This book provides a naturalistic account of the problems that led Wilfrid Sellars to formulate two rival images of humans and their place in the world.

A kaleidoscope of philosophical thoughts, novel contemplations, and sharp aphorisms – in praise of what is and not merely what ought to be!

You've felt it before — that moment when reality cracks.

What if reality is not made of things—but of information?

A monumental collection of writings from one of history's greatest philosophers.

Hana is dead.

What if the universe is not built from static objects at all?

This book offers a groundbreaking moral analysis of the metaphysical empire—a concept that captures the lingering cultural and intellectual dominance of colonialism in postcolonial Africa.

This book offers a groundbreaking moral analysis of the metaphysical empire—a concept that captures the lingering cultural and intellectual dominance of colonialism in postcolonial Africa.

You may be living in a simulation right now.

Absolute Absence Is Impossible: End of the Illusion of NothingnessWhat does it mean for something to be absolutely absent?

Amor: A Dialogue on Love and Wisdom is the first dialogue in a cycle of Christian Neoplatonic works centered on Lady Wisdom and the contemplative community gathered around her.

What if the simple application of logic to some of the more obvious facets of human psychology offers the best path to enlightenment, transcendence, and realising our true nature?

Can you ever truly experience your own death?

The Constellations of the Soul is not an astrology manual.

Author of bestselling 'Falling Leaves' weaves together for the same audience her own personal experiences with the best of Chinese philosophy.

THE PATTERN OF REALITY: Dynamic Cyclical Movement Across Scales Governed by Relational Balance is a large-scale philosophical and civilizational work exploring the deeper structural patterns governing existence, consciousness, ecological systems, civilization, psychology, science, and the future of humanity.

Math Idolatry: Canonization of ComplexityDismantle the Fraud of Consensus ScienceThe intuitively bothered reader has already traversed the DPE framework to its structural conclusion:Book 1-3: The establishment of the DPE axiom proved that eternity stands as the default state and time stands as the rupture.

What happens when science keeps working—but understanding quietly drifts away?

What does it mean to truly reason?

Introspection is fundamental and seemingly indispensable to understanding the conscious human mind.

This book defends a purist neo-Aristotelian approach to hylomorphism, addressing long-standing debates about the reality of material objects and engaging with contemporary philosophical discussions.

This book reinterprets Fichte's thought as a "e;transcendental ontology,"e; arguing that his later Jena Wissenschaftslehre transcends the "e;History of Self-Consciousness"e; to establish a "e;History of Being,"e; where the I's genesis aligns with the world's historical development.

This book reinterprets Fichte's thought as a "e;transcendental ontology,"e; arguing that his later Jena Wissenschaftslehre transcends the "e;History of Self-Consciousness"e; to establish a "e;History of Being,"e; where the I's genesis aligns with the world's historical development.

This book defends a purist neo-Aristotelian approach to hylomorphism, addressing long-standing debates about the reality of material objects and engaging with contemporary philosophical discussions.

This volume explores whether and how Kant's philosophy can help us to advance debates in several different areas of contemporary philosophy.

Essences have been assigned important but controversial explanatory roles in philosophical, scientific, and social theorizing.

This volume presents new research in social ontology by focusing on questions related to the characteristics, categories, and conceptual methodologies surrounding social identities, in general, and specific social identities, in particular.

Essences have been assigned important but controversial explanatory roles in philosophical, scientific, and social theorizing.

This book provides a critical assessment of how judges reason in the adjudication of historical injustices.

This volume features new essays on the application, justification, and role of naturalism in philosophical inquiry.

This volume presents new research in social ontology by focusing on questions related to the characteristics, categories, and conceptual methodologies surrounding social identities, in general, and specific social identities, in particular.

This book provides a critical assessment of how judges reason in the adjudication of historical injustices.

This volume features new essays on the application, justification, and role of naturalism in philosophical inquiry.

This volume explores whether and how Kant's philosophy can help us to advance debates in several different areas of contemporary philosophy.