Alexander Pruss's Blog

Suppose random quantum processes result in deep marks on a stone that spell out: Thou shalt not eat goat. – God What would need to be tr...

It is commonly thought that to engage in a speech of a particular sort—assertion, request, etc.—one needs to intend to do so. But suppose y...

Some philosophers (Thomson and Rachels, for instance) think that intention does not affect the rightness or wrongness of an act. This view ...

Philosophers say things like: "Asserting 'There is no conclusive proof that Smith is a plagiarist' implicates that there is a g...