Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Metaphysics

  1. Reconstructing Propositions: Symbols, Facts, and the Empirical Framework
    Reconstructing propositions through Ayer and Ryle's eliminativist project, this paper develops an anti-representationalist framework grounding propositions in linguistic practices rather than.
  2. Metaphysics Reimagined
    Analysis of metaphysics' loss of credibility and pathways for renewal through methodological integration of introspection, evolutionary evidence, and testable inquiry.
  3. Understanding is proposed as an alternative basis for access internalism
    Philosophical examination proposing objectual understanding as an alternative to knowledge-theoretic formulations of access internalism in epistemology.
  4. A Functional Theory of Qualia
    Jennings proposes qualia emerges from recursive self-monitoring architecture creating electrochemical differentials in biological tissue, with implications for AI consciousness assessment.
  5. What is groundwater?
    Examines how groundwater shifted from participatory knowledge to abstracted resource in Western thought, suggesting metaphysical reorientation could improve water crisis responses.
  6. Ubuntu framework reinterprets Descartes’ cogito as relational
    Philosophical critique of Descartes' cogito through Ubuntu relational framework, arguing relationality precedes thought and provides more comprehensive ontological foundation.
  7. Arbitrary reference conflicts with weak discernibility
    Philosophical analysis establishing logical incompatibility between arbitrary reference theory and the metaphysical possibility of weakly discernible entities.
  8. Reinachian internalism is defended against externalism
    Philosophical analysis defending Reinach's internalism about speech acts, arguing that speech-act performance does not require addressee uptake for its existence.
  9. Pragmatism is presented as a way to bridge qualitative and quantitative methods
    Pragmatism as philosophical framework for integrating qualitative-quantitative methods in medical education research, transcending rigid paradigmatic dualism.
  10. Aquinas shapes Stein and Wojtyła on truth and ethics
    Analysis of Thomistic influence on Edith Stein and Karol Wojtyła's conceptions of truth, demonstrating how metaphysical realism enabled modern philosophy without rejecting tradition.
  11. Wittgenstein is presented as a methodological naturalist
    Explore Wittgensteinian methodological naturalism as a metaphilosophical constraint on philosophy independent of metaphysical commitments, distinguishing it from ontological positions.
  12. Triguna framework linked to ethical evolution and planetary harmony
    Explore the Triguna framework from Bhagavad Gita as a tool for understanding human psychology, behavior, and global crises. Discover how sattva, rajas, and tamas guide ethical evolution and.