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Simply providential: a Thomistic response to Schmid’s providential collapse argument against classical theism
Classical theism is often said to suffer from the problem of modal collapse: if God is necessary and simple then all of his effects (creatures) are...
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Collapsing strong emergence’s collapse problem
It is impossible to deduce the properties of a strongly emergent whole from a complete knowledge of the properties of its constituents, according to...
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No cause for collapse
We investigate a hitherto under-considered avenue of response for the logical pluralist to collapse worries. In particular, we note that standard...
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Andrew Loke’s indirect defence of the successive addition argument
In this paper, we consider Andrew Loke’s recent contributions to the successive addition argument. Although he claims to develop the discussion, we...
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From Modal Collapse to Providential Collapse
The modal collapse objection to classical theism has received significant attention among philosophers as of late. My aim in this paper is to advance...
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The Positive Argument Against Scientific Realism
Putnam coined what is now known as the no miracles argument “[t]he positive argument for realism”. In its opposition, he put an argument that by his...
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A Simplified Variant of Gödel’s Ontological Argument
A simplified variant of Gödel’s ontological argument is presented. The simplified argument is valid already in basic modal logics K or KT, it does...
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If consciousness causes collapse, the zombie argument fails
Many non-physicalists, including Chalmers, hold that the zombie argument succeeds in rejecting the physicalist view of consciousness. Some...
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Resisting the epistemic argument for compatibilism
In this paper, we clarify, unpack, and ultimately resist what is perhaps the most prominent argument for the compatibility of free will and...
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Wealth, Political Inequality, and Resilience: Revisiting the Democratic Argument for Limitarianism
In this paper I aim to provide a novel account of the Democratic Argument for limitarianism. I first claim that the standard version of this argument...
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Societal Collapse and Intergenerational Disparities in Suffering
The collapse of society is inevitable, even if it is in the distant future. When it collapses, it is likely to do so within the lifetimes of some...
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Quantifier variance, semantic collapse, and “genuine” quantifiers
Quantifier variance holds that different languages can have unrestricted quantifier expressions that differ in meaning, where an expression is a...
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The fruitful death of modal collapse arguments
Modal collapse arguments are all the rage in certain philosophical circles as of late. The arguments purport to show that classical theism entails...
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The evolutionary argument against naturalism: a Wittgensteinian response
In this essay, we put forth a novel solution to Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism, utilizing recent work done by Duncan Pritchard...
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An argument for global realism about the units of selection
This paper defends global realism about the units of selection, the view that there is always (or nearly always) an objective fact of the matter...
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The misappropriation of “woke”: discriminatory social media practices, contributory injustice and context collapse
This article aims to give an analysis of the phenomena of unjust misappropriation of marginalised groups’ terms online, using the example...
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The aloneness argument: an aspectival response
This article seeks to provide a response to the Aloneness Argument Against Classical Theism proposed by Joseph C. Schmid and Ryan T. Mullins. This...
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Anti-Realism and Modal-Epistemic Collapse: Reply to Marton
Marton (
2019 ) argues that that it follows from the standard antirealist theory of truth, which states that truth and possible knowledge are...
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The Anti-Metaphysical Argument Against Scientific Realism: A Minimally Metaphysical Response
The anti-metaphysical argument against scientific realism (AMA) is the following: (1) Knowledge of unobservable entities implies metaphysical...
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The time-lag argument and simultaneity
The time-lag argument seems to put some pressure on naïve realism to agree that seeing must happen simultaneously with what is seen; meanwhile, a...