An argument for a Copernican revolution in our consideration of mental features—a shift in
which the world-brain problem supersedes the mind-body problem. Philosophers have long …

The notion of fundamentality, as it is used in metaphysics, aims to capture the idea that there
is something basic or primitive in the world. This metaphysical notion is related to the …

distinguished two understandings of the self, the self as “Me” and the self as “I”. This
distinction has recently regained popularity in cognitive science, especially in the context of …

Unity of science was once a very popular idea among both philosophers and scientists. But
it has fallen out of fashion, largely because of its association with reductionism and the …

Scientific realism is typically associated with metaphysics. One current incarnation of such
an association concerns the requirement of a metaphysical characterization of the entities …

Metaphysics and science have a long but troubled relationship. In the twentieth century the
Logical Positivists argued metaphysics was irrelevant and that philosophy should be guided …

Scientific metaphysics can be described as an attempt to theorize about the fundamental
nature of the world by drawing upon the best scientific theories of our day. 1 The fact that the …

In this article, I examine “Ontology Matters!”(OM!) arguments. OM! arguments conclude that
ontology can contribute to empirical success in social science. First, I capture the common …

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a claim of metaphysical modality, in possession of
good alethic standing, must be in want of an essentialist foundation. Or at least so say the …

This Element provides an opinionated introduction to the metaphysics of laws of nature. The
first section distinguishes between scientific and philosophical questions about laws and …