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[That it has Forever Been Impossible for Nothing to have Ever Existed] (2004)
[The Relative and the Absolute] (2004)
[That All Events are Unique] (2004)
[Subjectivity and Objectivity] (2004)
[That the Cognitive is Prior to the Material] (2004)
[Against Materialism] (2005)
[Perception and What Is Perceived] (2005)
[On the Relation Between Thought and Reality] (2005)
[That Causality is Never a Logically Necessary Relation] (2005)
[In Defense of Kant's View of Space and Time] (2005)
[The Ontology of Literature] (2005)
[The Purely Positive Aspect of Knowledge] (2006)
[The Nature of Contingency] (2005)
[Toward a New Cognitive/Material Parallelism] (2005)



Ontology, Language & Logic:
Essays

These fourteen essays comprise some short meditations concerning perception, language, logic and ontology. What do we mean when we make a distinction between subjectivity and objectivity? What is the nature of the absolute and relative in science, language, and perception? Could it have ever been that nothing should have existed at all? These are all questions that have been grappled with a long time, but they have yet to be completely resolved.

It is not required that you read these essays in the order in which they are listed. They are loosely related, but for the most part each stands on its own. If you have no background in philosophy it is not recommended that you try to grapple with these essays, as they are written with an audience of philosophy buffs/majors in mind, and are not likely to be appreciated by those who are not familiar with the discipline. But to those schooled in philosophy out there, I hope you find some worthy ideas in these brief meditations.


- JSR


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