Alexander Pruss's Blog

If p  is a precification of q  and p  is true, then p  grounds q . If q  is vaguely true, then q  has a true precification. So, every pr...

Five-dimensional universalism (hereby stipulated) holds that if f is a partially defined mapping f from worlds to regions such that (a...

Here is an argument against eternalism: If eternalism is true, times are like places. Times are not like places. So, eternalism is ...

Consider this argument: If Christianity is right, every assertion of rightly interpreted Scripture is true. Genesis 1-3 is rightly in...

(Premise) All instances of severe suffering of small children are unjust. (Premise) Only things agents are responsible for are unjust. ...

Kripke argued that it is not possible for there to be unicorns. For "unicorn" is a natural kind term. But there are man...

Sam invites me to a home-sewn costume party. While I'd love to come, I would much rather not spend the time to sew costume. Sam o...

The length of a pencil is measured in a straight line from tip to end. This is equal to the length of the region of space occupied...

In Ephesians 4:25, Paul talks of us Christians being all members of one another. Karol Wojtyla thought of romantic love as directed at mutua...

Suppose I am a plumber, and I take a section of pipe, insert a blowgun dart, and blow.  I just shot a dart out of a blowgun.  When did the p...

A plausible account of necessity is that p is necessary provided that p can be proved in the correct logical system K and p is possi...

Because of various difficulties in accounts of lying and related phenomena, I've been drawn to the simple theory on which it's alway...

Consider this valid argument: (Premise) Intelligent Design is irrefutable. (Premise) Intelligent Design is incompatible with ev...

The best kind of love involves benevolence. But how then can a love for God be of the best kind? Aquinas answers this problem basically by...

Mellor's argument against circular causation in Real Time II seems to me to basically come down to the following observatio...