Grounding nonreductivists claim that some (say biological) things are grounded in, but not reducible to more fundamental (say physical) matters. In this new paper, I explicate the view using functions and argue that this solves Louis deRosset's connection problem: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Functors solve the connection problem for nonreductivism - Synthese

This paper shows that functors can be used to solve the connection problem for grounding-based nonreductivism. Unlike previous attempts (such as Miller’s Essentialist Non-Reductivism and von Solodkoff...

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Ever wondered how to deal with kids and philosophers who keep asking why? Why not check out this (open access) book I wrote a while ago and learn about ultimate explanation, self-explanation, and explaining something with nothing? www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Empty-Base Explanation

This book develops and applies a novel kind of explanation: Empty-Base Explanation . While ordinary explanations have a tripartite structure involving an explanandum, a base of reasons why the explana...

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I wrote something else than the usual metaphysics (discussion appreciated):

Aeon Magazine@aeon.co · 10mo ago

We already record much of our lives. But our memory and sense of self could be enhanced by recording even more, and creating so-called lifelogs that capture as many experiences as feasible