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118Zombies, Phenomenal Concepts, and the Paradox of Phenomenal JudgmentJournal of Consciousness Studies 17 (3-4): 3-4. 2010.This paper explores the viability of rejecting a largely unchallenged third premise of the conceivability argument against materialism. Fittingly labeled 'type-Z' , this reply essentially grants to the zombie lover, not just the possibility of zombies, but also their actuality. We turn out to be the very creatures Chalmers has taken such great pains to conceive and more conventional materialists have tried to wipe off the face of the planet. So consciousness is a wholly material affair. What is …Read more
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8Normative Functionalism and its Pragmatist RootsNormative Funcitonalism and the Pittsburgh School. 2012.I shall characterize normative functionalism and contrast it with its causal counterpart. After tracing both stripes of functionalism to the work of the classical American pragmatists, I then argue that they are not exclusive alternatives. Instead, both might be required for an appropriately illuminating account of human rational activity.
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50The Force and Content of the Geach-Frege ProblemSouthwest Philosophy Review 27 (2): 93-97. 2011.
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7Resolving A Few Conflicts in Evolutionary Psychology with Cognitive FluiditySouthwest Philosophy Review 23 (1): 105-115. 2007.
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20Of Demands and Desires for Picon Punch: Commentary on Avery Archer’s “What is Direction of Fit?”Southwest Philosophy Review 31 (2): 75-80. 2015.
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22The Force and Content of the Geach-Frege ProblemSouthwest Philosophy Review 27 (2): 93-97. 2011.
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15On the Construction of Heavenly Bodies: Comments on Justin Remhof’s “Object Constructivism and Unconstructed Objects”Southwest Philosophy Review 30 (2): 45-49. 2014.
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Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of the Americas |