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The Problem of Consciousness meets "Intelligent Design"

http://fragments.consc.net

David Chalmers explains why he thinks his arguments against materialism based on the problem of consciousness would not support anti-Darwinism or some version of the intelligent design hypothesis.

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Hell and Vagueness - Sider

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A fun paper by Ted Sider arguing, from vagueness, that a certain conception of Hell is inconsistent with attributes that God is traditionally thought to have.

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Compositional Universalism and Monotheism

http://alexanderpruss.blogspot.com

Fun puzzle for a monotheist that embraces unrestricted composition.

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On Saving non-Persons

http://prosblogion.ektopos.com

Interesting argument for the conclusion that persons do not have greater moral standing than non-persons.

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What is a Constellation?

http://tar.weatherson.org

Fun post about how to analyze concepts like 'constellation' and 'star' - BONUS: links to a guide that will help you spot the International Space Station.

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A Problem of The Many

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Alexander Pruss argues what he thinks is the most plausible version of universalism raises a problem of the many. He goes on to suggest that this may have implications for psychological theories of personal identity.

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How Are You Celebrating "Metaphysical Awareness Month"?

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Comments = Hilarious.

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Truth and Ontology (Author Meets Critics)

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Philosophical Books has put together what promises to be a good Symposium of Merrick's new book.

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Tropes, Truthmakers, and Alien Properties

http://buffalophilosophy.blogspot.com

An interesting brief argument that truthmaker-theorists are committed to believing in alien properties.

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TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN: REGRESS, PRIORITY AND FUNDAMENTALITY

http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk

I address an intuition commonly endorsed by metaphysicians, that there must be a fundamental layer
of reality, i.e., that chains of ontological dependence must terminate: there cannot be turtles all the
way down. I discuss applications of this intuition with reference to Bradley’s regress, composition,
realism about the mental and the cosmological argument. I discuss some arguments for the intui-
tion, but argue that they are unconvincing.

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realism and reduction: the quest for robustness

http://quod.lib.umich.edu

Nice paper by Mark Schroeder on reductive naturalism in metaethics (amongst other things).

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Against (Armchair) Metaphysics

http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com

Controversial discussion about the role of armchair theorizing and conceptual analysis in metaphysics in particular and philosophy in general.

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On Linking Dispositions and Conditionals

http://mind.oxfordjournals.org

This is a paper by David Manley and Ryan Wasserman discussing problems with analyzing dispositions in terms of conditional statements, and then offering an analysis that avoids these problems. This article seems to be a good introduction to (at least this area of) work on dispositions.

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A Defense of Presentism

http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu

Ned Markosian defends presentism from some of the main objections. It's also a nice clear summary of the debates surrounding eternalism and presentism.

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