Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them… — L.A. Paul Copy Share Image
The distinctive contribution that metaphysics makes to our understanding of reality is first that it considers questions about features of reality that the sciences don't, such as the intrinsic nature of causation or the dynamic character of temporal experience. — L.A. Paul Copy Share Image
Living rationally and authentically does not mean that you map out your future by thinking carefully about what it would be like if you… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
While I do not agree with all of the claims made by experimental philosophers, especially those who seem to think xphi will somehow replace… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
We should listen to both philosophers and scientists, because the philosophical contribution is different from the scientific contribution, and both of them are worthwhile. — L.A. Paul Copy Share
I argue, based on metaphysical and physical considerations, that we should think of the fundamental parts of the world as a mix of intrinsic… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
If you are female, and conditions are otherwise apt, you are supposed to decide whether you want to become a mother by thinking carefully… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
There are laws of nature - of course there are - even if they don't exist in some sort of bizarre Platonic Heaven. — L.A. Paul Copy Share
Philosophers, especially metaphysicians, explore features of reality and of our mental life that are different from those explored by scientists. — L.A. Paul Copy Share
I have quite a bit of sympathy for the idea that psychology and cognitive science have much to offer philosophy, and that the reverse… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
I just realized, sometime early on in college, that I wanted to be a philosopher. I basically decided that I wanted to spend my… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
I do think that metaphysical exploration is like scientific exploration, in the sense that philosophers and scientists are both developing models of reality, and… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
I think, in fact, that the connections between philosophy and cognitive science haven't gone far enough, metaphysicians should be working closely with cognitive scientists… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
The distinctive contribution that metaphysics makes to our understanding of reality is first that it considers questions about features of reality that the sciences… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
I reject what I see as flat-footed accounts of the fundamental structure of the world, where we somehow assume that, because ordinary experience involves… — L.A. Paul Copy Share
