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Against Necessary Existence
The best alternative to the error theory proposed in Chapter 5 centers on necessitism, the claim that,...
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Game theory and omniscience
Game theory studies the choices of two or more agents strategically interacting under various conditions. This paper examines two applications of...
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Symmetric relations
There are two ways to characterize symmetric relations. One is intensional: necessarily, Rxy iff Ryx . In some discussions of relations, however, what...
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Wittgenstein on Dreaming and Skepticism
In this paper I aim to elucidate Wittgenstein’s claim that the so-called dream argument is senseless. Unlike other interpreters, who understand the...
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That solution to Prior’s puzzle
Prior’s puzzle is a puzzle about the substitution of certain putatively synonymous or coreferential expressions in sentences. Prior’s puzzle is...
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On Pettit’s thought ascription to groups
A thought, taken as a propositional attitude or the content of psychological predicates such as believe, wish, desire, and hope, is ascribed to an...
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Altered States: Borel and the Probabilistic Approach to Reality
We examine in this article the singular way in which Émile Borel, from his studies on the structure of real numbers and a certain rejection of...
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Frege’s Class Theory and the Logic of Sets
We compare Fregean theorizing about sets with the theorizing of an ontologically non-committal, natural-deduction based, inferentialist. The latter...
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The polysemy of proper names
Proper names are usually considered devices of singular reference but, when considered as word-types, they also exhibit other kinds of uses. In this...
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What Is a Scientific Theory?
In this chapter I first present the objectifying attitude, which is characteristic of science, in contrast with the holistic attitude, which is...
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The Political Ontology of Corporate Social Responsibility: Obscuring the Pluriverse in Place
This article examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) through the lens of political ontology. We contend that CSR is not only a discursive mean...
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Referential Descriptions: A Case Study
Referentially used definite descriptions should be explained semantically and not pragmatically in either a Gricean or Relevance-Theoretic way. The...
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Unleashing the Nature of the Paradox of Nonexistence
This paper tries to unleash the nature of the paradox of nonexistence or non-being or negative singular existentials by using a General Metalogical...
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Game analogy in law reconsidered: is evidence at stake?
The aim of this paper is to show that the meaning and significance of legal evidence is being constituted throughout the course of a singular...
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Methodological Individualism and Micro–Macro Modeling
This contribution addresses the relation between (macro) hypotheses about social collectives (ranging from dyads to societies) on the one hand and...
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The Experience Requirement
In this chapter, I discuss a family of objections to Kripke’s thesis concerning the possibility of a priori knowledge of contingent truths as a...
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Confucius and the Hen-Pheasant: The Enigma at the Center of the Analects
The last sentence of Chapter 10 of the Analects describes a brief encounter between Confucius and a hen-pheasant, and it does so in puzzling terms,...
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A Defense of Reformed Empiricism
I defend Reformed Empiricism against the following objections: (i) that it institutes a veil of perception; (ii) that it fails to secure singular...
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Atheistic Mysticism
Eleven detailed cases of atheistic mystical experience are examined. Five themes emerge from these cases: structural insight, wholeness, extremity,...
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Expressing Dual Concern in Criticism for Wrongdoing: The Persuasive Power of Criticizing with Care
To call attention to and motivate action on ethical issues in business or society, messengers often criticize groups for wrongdoing and ask these...
