Living rationally and authentically means understanding that life centrally involves making leaps of faith, both small and large, and that the value of living is to a large extent the value of experiencing your life, whatever that experience is. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If you are female, and conditions are otherwise apt, you are supposed to decide whether you want to become a mother by thinking carefully about whether you really want to have a child of your very own, what it would be like to be a mother, whether this is something you really want and will be happy with, etc. In… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
