Alexander Pruss's Blog

In a performative, a social fact is instituted by a statement that simultaneously announces it: I hereby apply for the position. I dub th...

Here’s a fun argument for dualism. What is a part of the body is a matter of social convention. Persons are explanatorily prior to social...

I just posted the slides from my SCP Midwest talk on marriage as a natural kind.

Thesis: Marriage as a natural kind of relationships is a better theory than marriage as an institution defined by socially instituted right...