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The individuality of artifacts and organisms.

John Symons...

I'm a philosopher who is interested in a range of topics in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and epistemology. My recent work focuses on the problem of emergence as it figures in traditional metaphysics and in the sciences. I live in El Paso, where I teach in the department of philosophy at The University of Texas at El Paso. Since 2002, I've been editor of Synthese: An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science.Read More
The individuality of artifacts and organisms.

Short paper on individuality of organisms and artifacts...

Just posted this.  I argue that we can make sense of the difference between organisms and artifacts in terms of a difference in their kinds of individuality.  It’s forthcoming in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. It’s hereRead More
The individuality of artifacts and organisms.

Synthese Conference 2010: Epistemology and Economics...

This year’s Synthese conference will be held on the 15th and 16th of April at Columbia University.  It’s free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Details below: Times: Sessions begin at approximately 9:00 am and ...Read More
The individuality of artifacts and organisms.

New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society Meeting 2010...

This weekend,  the annual New Mexico West Texas Philosophical Society conference rolls into Abilene.   It’s usually a pretty decent meeting of our regional philosophical society and every year there are reliably a handful of excellent pap...Read More
The individuality of artifacts and organisms.

Game Theoretical Semantics as the Basis of a General Logic...

This is a draft of a paper (co-authored with Jaakko Hintikka) where we discuss the idea of a system of logic, in the sense of a semantically interpreted formalism (language).  We call it a general logic or general first-order logic.  It contains...Read More