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Universalism, Vagueness and Supersubstantivalism

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This paper just came out in the new AJP, and thought I haven't read it yet, I'm submitting it because the abstract alone hooked me enough to put this at the top of my to-read-list.

Author: Nikk Effingham

ABSTRACT - Sider has a favourable view of supersubstantivalism (the thesis that all material objects are identical to the regions of spacetime that they occupy). This paper argues that given supersubstantivalism, Sider's argument from vagueness for (mereological) universalism fails...

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The Incompatibility of Free Will and Naturalism

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Looks like another interesting article that is out recently with AJP by Jason Turner...Here's an excerpt from the abstract..."I argue that libertarians who endorse the Consequence Argument are forced to reject this naturalistic worldview. The Consequence Argument has a sister argument—I call it the Supervenience Argument—which cannot be rejected without threatening either the Consequence Argument or the naturalistic worldview in question."

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What Do Philosophers Do?

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In light of the rumblings about the APA (particular Velleman's criticisms) John Basl discusses that question we as philosophers should grapple with more.

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