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7The Emergence of Rational SoulsIn Antonella Corradini & Timothy O'Connor (eds.), Emergence in science and philosophy, Routledge. pp. 6--163. 2010.
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14Review: The Rationality of (A Form of) Relative Identity (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 71 (2). 2005.
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27Husserl’s Classical Conception of Intentionality – and Its EnemiesIn Guillermo E. Rosado Haddock (ed.), Husserl as Analytic Philosopher, De Gruyter. pp. 55-86. 2016.
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49Parmenides und die Logik der ExistenzGrazer Philosophische Studien 47 (1): 59-75. 1994.Es wird gezeigt, daß sich Parmenides' Argument gegen Veränderung und Vielheit aus den Fragmenten seines Lehrgedichts so rekonstruieren läßt, daß es entweder formal korrekt wird, oder aber seine Prämisse,,Seiendes ist, Nichtseiendes ist nicht" evidentermaßen richtig ist. Beides zugleich ist nicht zu haben. Es wird plausibel gemacht, daß die Rekonstruktionen in Parmenides' Sinn sind. Betrachtet man sein Argument als formal korrekt, so stellt es, wenn wir das Zeugnis der Erfahrung akzeptieren, eine…Read more
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320Table of ContentsTheoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 7 (2): 1-2. 1992.In fact, Godel gave an important model of pure predication, where he showed that restricted comprehension without parameters is valid, but where restricted comprehension with parameters is not (although this invalidity was not established until Cohen). This is the model based on ordinal definability in set theory.
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Eine Explikation Des Begriffs Der ZurechnungJahrbuch für Recht Und Ethik 2. 1994.This article provides an explication of the concept "imputation". On the one hand, this explication takes account of the common meaning of the concept and its generally intended range of application. On the other hand, it also provides a definition of the meaning of "y is to be imputed to x", which is precise and fruitful . The adequacy of this definition of "imputation" is justified in detail, in the light of the standards for explications. Since the concept "imputation" is a highly complex not…Read more
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3Ontologically Minimal Semantics for Intuitionistic LogicIn Julian Nida-Rümelin & Georg Meggle (eds.), Analyomen 2, Volume I: Logic, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, De Gruyter. pp. 124-130. 1997.
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14Der Begriff der Notwendigkeit in der Antike und in der GegenwartKriterion - Journal of Philosophy 16 (1): 19-38. 2002.This paper has two parts. The first part (sections 1 to 5) is historical, presenting a brief history of the concept of necessity from the time of antiquity to the present. It is shown that the conceptions of necessity in antiquity had four main sources: matter-necessity, form-necessity, efficiencynecessity, and purpose-necessity. Special attention is accorded to the syncretistic concept of the necessity of fate, and its transformations from the beginning of antiquity to its end. Moreover, it is …Read more
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Metaphysics in the Post-Metaphysical Age: Papers of the 22nd International Wittgenstein Symposium (edited book)Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. 1999.
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99Causation in a new old keyStudia Logica 76 (3). 2004.I argue (1) that it is not philosophically significant whether causation is linguistically represented by a predicate or by a sentence connective; (2) that there is no philosophically significant distinction between event- and states-of-affairs-causation; (3) that there is indeed a philosophically significant distinction between agent- and event-causation, and that event-causation must be regarded as an analog of agent-causation. Developing this point, I argue that event-causation's being in the…Read more
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15Truth against Reason, and Reason against TruthIn Harald A. Wiltsche & Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (eds.), Analytic and Continental Philosophy: Methods and Perspectives. Proceedings of the 37th International Wittgenstein Symposium, De Gruyter. pp. 173-184. 2016.
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6Appendix to Chapter I: The German originals Appendix to Chapter I: The German originals of the quotations from Husserl and Wittgenstein in Chapter I, and remarks on matters of translationIn Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 90-102. 2014.
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45A Cosmo-Ontological Argument for the Existence of a First Cause–perhaps GodIn Miroslaw Szatkowski (ed.), Ontological Proofs Today, Ontos Verlag. pp. 50--193. 2012.
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382First Causes: Divine and HumanEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 5 (1): 125--140. 2013.The paper analyzes the concept of a first cause, both for event causation and for agent causation. It turns out that one is rather ready to believe in the existence of first causes that are events, but not in the existence of first causes that are agents. The paper, however, develops and defends a complex argument to the conclusion that there is a first agent-cause. one version of that argument proves -- not necessarily the existence of God -- but still the existence of a godlike agent. Finally,…Read more
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Die Zentralität der analytischen Methode für die Philosophie, insbesondere die der AntikeHistory of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 2. 1999.In addition to delineating a creative and non-deterministic notion of conceptual analysis, the paper defends two theses, one conceptual, the other historical: Although philosophical activity can certainly not be conceptually reduced to conceptual analysis, conceptual analysis is nevertheless central to it and encompasses what can be most properly called "philosophical" about it. The history of philosophy, particularly of ancient philosophy, confirms a posteriori the adequacy of thesis
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1Naturale Psyche: Husserl über die Seele als NaturobjektIn Verena Mayer, Christopher Erhard, Marisa Scherini & Uwe Meixner (eds.), Die Aktualität Husserls, Karl Alber. 2011.
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24The Theory of Ontic ModalitiesOntos Verlag. 2006.This book presents a comprehensive, non-model-theoretic theory of ontic necessity and possibility within a formal (and formalised) ontology consisting of states of affairs, properties, and individuals.
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1Chapter IV: On the LiteratureIn Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 361-482. 2014.
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158Three indications for the existence of God in causal metaphysicsInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 66 (1). 2009.With the emergence of modern physics a conflict became apparent between the Principle of Sufficient Cause and the Principle of Physical Causal Closure. Though these principles are not logically incompatible, they could no longer be considered to be both true; one of them had to be false. The present paper makes use of this seldom noticed conflict to argue on the basis of considerations of comparative rationality for the truth of causal statements that have at least some degree of philosophico-th…Read more
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8BibliographyIn Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology, De Gruyter. pp. 493-499. 2014.