(with J. Cumpa) Metaphysical Fundamentals, issue of American Philosophical Quarterly (2014), pp. 98. Articles by Amie Thomasson, Lynne Rudder Baker, Jorge Gracia, Javier Cumpa,Otavio Bueno, John Heil, ...

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This article intends to review William Dembski’s recent monograph entitled Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information, in which he establishes an entire information-centric metaphysics. This ...

PROF. LADD'S latest book opens with two excellent chapters on the connection between psychology and, the philosophy of mind, which lead one to hope great things of the rest of the work. It is ...

Last month, the University appointed Michael Della Rocca as the newest Sterling Professor of Philosophy, one of the highest faculty honors the University awards the leading figure of a field. Della ...

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