“Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature.” WorldWaySeemsAttentionFocusSpecialDrawsEssenceAccountsFeaturesEmbeddedCausation Author: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 with cognitive scientists when they try to understand the sources of our experience of parts of the world such as its causal and temporal parts.” ThinkingWorldShouldTryingEnoughPhilosophyFactsGoneHavensSourceConnectionsScientistCognitiveCognitive Science Author:L.A. Paul
“I reject what I see as flat-footed accounts of the fundamental structure of the world, where we somehow assume that, because ordinary experience involves middle-sized objects in space and time, that fundamental reality must be essentially like that.” WorldRealitySpaceMiddleObjectsOrdinaryAccountsFundamentalsStructureAssumingRejectsFlatsTime And Space Author:L.A. Paul
“I argue, based on metaphysical and physical considerations, that we should think of the fundamental parts of the world as a mix of intrinsic natures, rather like a paint-pot filled with a rainbow of colors, loosely mixed to give a richly varied, spatiotemporally inseparable, spread of qualities, and that this mixture is what gives rise to ordinary reality.” ThinkingWorldGivingShouldRealityQualityColorOrdinaryFundamentalsFilledPaintSpreadArguingConsiderationPotRainbowMetaphysicalMixturesInseparable Author:L.A. Paul
