Living rationally and authentically does not mean that you map out your future by thinking carefully about what it would be like if you chose one pat…

- L.A. Paul

Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embed…

- L.A. Paul

We should listen to both philosophers and scientists, because the philosophical contribution is different from the scientific contribution, and both …

- L.A. Paul

Philosophers, especially metaphysicians, explore features of reality and of our mental life that are different from those explored by scientists.

- L.A. Paul

If you are female, and conditions are otherwise apt, you are supposed to decide whether you want to become a mother by thinking carefully about wheth…

- L.A. Paul

I have quite a bit of sympathy for the idea that psychology and cognitive science have much to offer philosophy, and that the reverse is true as well.

- L.A. Paul

I think, in fact, that the connections between philosophy and cognitive science haven't gone far enough, metaphysicians should be working closely wit…

- L.A. Paul

The distinctive contribution that metaphysics makes to our understanding of reality is first that it considers questions about features of reality th…

- L.A. Paul

I do think that metaphysical exploration is like scientific exploration, in the sense that philosophers and scientists are both developing models of …

- L.A. Paul