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Fall 2016
This dissertation defends an essence first approach to metaphysics. We begin with identifying metaphysical conceptions of identity, existence, and truth, as associated with qualified versions of the questions ‘What is it [really]?’, ‘Does it [really] exist?’, and ‘Is it [really] the case?’. The...
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Fall 2024
There is a common intuition among many philosophers that chains of ground cannot go on forever. Metaphysical foundationalists believe that there cannot be infinite chains of ground, where one thing depends upon another for its existence without end. For example, if the existence of my desk...