Critical Essays

A Critical Examination of the Philosophy of Ayn Rand:

A Critical Examination of the Objectivist Metaphysic 

A Critical Examination of Objectivism’s Account of Parts and Attributes of Entities, and How it Pertains to Objectivism’s Account of Consciousness 

A Critical Examination of Objectivism’s Account of Change, Activity, Motion, and Time 

A Critical Examination of Objectivism and the Concept of an “Unperceived” Reality

Objectivism, Entities, Actions, and Attributes: A Reply to a Critic

Some Replies to Objectivists

A Defense of Ayn Rand’s Objectivism

A Critical Examination of Illusionism:

A Critical Examination of “Illusionism”

Illusionism and the Disappearance of Reality

The Consequences of Illusionism: A Dialogue 

Some Afterthoughts on Illusionism 

Inconsistencies in Keith Frankish’s Case Against Panpsychism (Part I)

A Critical Examination of Materialism:

Why Materialism Cannot Genuinely Explain Experience

Answering a Reply to “Why Materialism Cannot Genuinely Explain Experience”

Materialism and the “First Breath” of Mentality

Materialism and Representationalism

Physiological Subjectivism

Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Qualities

Common-Sense and the Perceptible World

The Structure of Experience and the Beauty of Leibniz’s Mill