Alexander Carruth
Biographic Data
| ID | 9110018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Carruth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Carruth |
| SIGNATURE | CARRUTH A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ontology, Modality, and Mind
During his forty-year career, E. J. Lowe established himself as one of the world’s leading philosophers, publishing eleven single-authored books, four co-edited collections, and well over 200 articles in journals and edited volumes. His scholarship was strikingly broad, ranging from early modern philosophy to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. His most important and sustained contributions were to philosophy of mind, philosophical logic, an…
Metaphysics as the Science of Essence
What is metaphysics? And how is it to be pursued? Elsewhere, I have defended the view that the central task of metaphysics is to chart the possibilities of being : knowledge of what is actual presupposes knowledge of what is possible —of what is really or metaphysically possible. According to this conception of the aim and content of metaphysical theory, metaphysics is above all concerned with identifying the fundamental ontological categories to…
Powerful Qualities, Zombies and Inconceivability
One powerful argument for dualism is provided by Chalmers: the ‘zombie’ or conceivability argument. This paper aims to establish that if one adopts the ‘Powerful Qualities’ account of properties developed by Martin and Heil, this argument can be resisted at the first premise: the claim that zombies are conceivable is, by the lights of Chalmers’ own account of conceivability, false. \nThe Powerful Qualities account is outlined. Chalmers’ argument,…
Use of protease inhibitors among persons with Aids in Los Angeles County
We evaluated the access to, and the factors associated with, protease inhibitor use among persons with AIDS in Los Angeles County. A population-based sample of adult persons with AIDS is routinely interviewed in Los Angeles County and includes a 30% random sample of men who have sex with men and all other persons reported with AIDS. Since May of 1996, all participants were asked if their physician had ever prescribed a protease inhibitor for thei…
Powerful Qualities, Zombies and Inconceivability
One powerful argument for dualism is provided by Chalmers: the ‘zombie’ or conceivability argument. This paper aims to establish that if one adopts the ‘Powerful Qualities’ account of properties developed by Martin and Heil, this argument can be resisted at the first premise: the claim that zombies are conceivable is, by the lights of Chalmers’ own account of conceivability, false. \nThe Powerful Qualities account is outlined. Chalmers’ argument,…
Use of protease inhibitors among persons with Aids in Los Angeles County
We evaluated the access to, and the factors associated with, protease inhibitor use among persons with AIDS in Los Angeles County. A population-based sample of adult persons with AIDS is routinely interviewed in Los Angeles County and includes a 30% random sample of men who have sex with men and all other persons reported with AIDS. Since May of 1996, all participants were asked if their physician had ever prescribed a protease inhibitor for thei…
Powerful Qualities, Zombies and Inconceivability
One powerful argument for dualism is provided by Chalmers: the ‘zombie’ or conceivability argument. This paper aims to establish that if one adopts the ‘Powerful Qualities’ account of properties developed by Martin and Heil, this argument can be resisted at the first premise: the claim that zombies are conceivable is, by the lights of Chalmers’ own account of conceivability, false. \nThe Powerful Qualities account is outlined. Chalmers’ argument,…
Ontology, Modality, and Mind
During his forty-year career, E. J. Lowe established himself as one of the world’s leading philosophers, publishing eleven single-authored books, four co-edited collections, and well over 200 articles in journals and edited volumes. His scholarship was strikingly broad, ranging from early modern philosophy to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. His most important and sustained contributions were to philosophy of mind, philosophical logic, an…
Metaphysics as the Science of Essence
What is metaphysics? And how is it to be pursued? Elsewhere, I have defended the view that the central task of metaphysics is to chart the possibilities of being : knowledge of what is actual presupposes knowledge of what is possible —of what is really or metaphysically possible. According to this conception of the aim and content of metaphysical theory, metaphysics is above all concerned with identifying the fundamental ontological categories to…
Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · 20th century (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works)