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Condensed Matter

Condensing recent work in metaphysics and the philosophy of science down to what matters. Hosted by Dr Sam Kimpton-Nye, research associate on the MetaScience project (ERC, Horizon 2020, grant agreemen... Read more

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30: “How Skeptical is Quine’s “Modal Skepticism”?”, John Divers

30: “How Skeptical is Quine’s “Modal Skepticism”?”, John Divers

Was Quine really a modal sceptic--someone who thought that modality was unintelligible or paradoxical? Divers thinks he ... Read more

5 Jul 2022

14mins

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Ep. 29: "Modal Conventionalism", Ross Cameron

Ep. 29: "Modal Conventionalism", Ross Cameron

The focus of this episode is Ross Cameron's "Modal Conventionalism" published in The Routledge Handbook of Modality in 2... Read more

6 Apr 2022

9mins

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Ep. 28: "Panpsychism", Thomas Nagel (CM classic!)

Ep. 28: "Panpsychism", Thomas Nagel (CM classic!)

The focus of this episode is Thomas Nagel’s “Panpsychism”, published by Cambridge University Press in his “Mortal Questi... Read more

16 Mar 2022

9mins

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Ep. 27: “Modal dispositionalism and necessary perfect masks”, Barbara Vetter and Ralf Busse

Ep. 27: “Modal dispositionalism and necessary perfect masks”, Barbara Vetter and Ralf Busse

Support the show on Patreon to gain instant access to searchable, comment-on-able PDF scripts of all solo episodes! Your... Read more

2 Feb 2022

11mins

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Ep. 26: "An Apology for Naturalized Metaphysics", James Ladyman (deep dive featuring the author!)

Ep. 26: "An Apology for Naturalized Metaphysics", James Ladyman (deep dive featuring the author!)

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26 Jan 2022

49mins

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Ep. 25 "The Governing Conception of Laws", Nina Emery (deep dive featuring the author!)

Ep. 25 "The Governing Conception of Laws", Nina Emery (deep dive featuring the author!)

For this episode, I’m joined by Professor Nina Emery to discuss her paper “The Governing Conception of Laws", forthcomin... Read more

22 Dec 2021

48mins

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Ep. 24: “Going Beyond the Fundamental: Feminism in Contemporary Metaphysics”, Elizabeth Barnes

Ep. 24: “Going Beyond the Fundamental: Feminism in Contemporary Metaphysics”, Elizabeth Barnes

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15 Dec 2021

9mins

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Ep. 23: "Governing Without a Fundamental Direction of Time", Chen and Goldstein

Ep. 23: "Governing Without a Fundamental Direction of Time", Chen and Goldstein

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1 Dec 2021

11mins

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Ep. 22: "Aristotelian Supervenience", John Heil

Ep. 22: "Aristotelian Supervenience", John Heil

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3 Nov 2021

11mins

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Episode 21: "Causal Content and Global Laws: Grounding Modality in Experimental Practice", Jenann Ismael

Episode 21: "Causal Content and Global Laws: Grounding Modality in Experimental Practice", Jenann Ismael

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27 Oct 2021

10mins

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