Modal Realism

My response to realism and relativism.

Why Hume’s Problem is Still a Problem

This boogeyman just won’t go away until we stop worrying about it.

The Nature of Mental Content

The new internalism in philosophy of mind.

Epistemology and the Value Correlation

Knowledge as a value judgement.

Noumanism

Explores the intimate relationship between the world, and the mind as part of   that world.

Non-Linear Supervenience and the Mind

My theory of Mind.

Informationalism

Something I wrote after reading Daniel Dennett, Consciousness Explained, and David Chalmers, The Conscious Mind.

What is Motion?

A critical examination of our common conception of “motion”.

Leibniz’s Monadology

My interpretation of the Monadology.

Relativity of Perception

An examination of the nature and implications of conscious perception.

Implicit Stereotype Reinforcement in Works of Fiction

Attempts to draw a line between good humor and mean-spirited fiction.

The Case of the Nonmoral Saint

Putting “morality” in its place.

Autonomy and Moral Obligation

In search of the source of normativity for moral obligations.

Unified Foundherentism

My thoughts on epistemology.

Faith and Reason: The Foundations of Belief

My very first philosophy paper; explores the relationship between faith and reason.

Cognition and Aesthetics

Probably my very best paper; explores the link between cognition and aesthetic enjoyment.