Yannic Kappes
@yannickappes.bsky.social
Philosopher @univie.ac.at and @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social
Researching metaphysics, explanation, and what matters 🐾✊
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Researching metaphysics, explanation, and what matters 🐾✊
yannickappes.wordpress.com
Grounding nonreductivists claim that some (say biological) things are grounded in, but not reducible to more fundamental (say physical) matters.
In this new paper, I explicate the view using functions and argue that this solves Louis deRosset's connection problem:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In this new paper, I explicate the view using functions and argue that this solves Louis deRosset's connection problem:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Functors solve the connection problem for nonreductivism - Synthese
This paper shows that functors can be used to solve the connection problem for grounding-based nonreductivism. Unlike previous attempts (such as Miller’s Essentialist Non-Reductivism and von Solodkoff...
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Grounding nonreductivists claim that some (say biological) things are grounded in, but not reducible to more fundamental (say physical) matters.
In this new paper, I explicate the view using functions and argue that this solves Louis deRosset's connection problem:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In this new paper, I explicate the view using functions and argue that this solves Louis deRosset's connection problem:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ever wondered how to deal with kids and philosophers who keep asking why?
Why not check out this (open access) book I wrote a while ago and learn about ultimate explanation, self-explanation, and explaining something with nothing?
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Why not check out this (open access) book I wrote a while ago and learn about ultimate explanation, self-explanation, and explaining something with nothing?
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Empty-Base Explanation
This book develops and applies a novel kind of explanation: Empty-Base Explanation . While ordinary explanations have a tripartite structure involving an explanandum, a base of reasons why the explana...
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ever wondered how to deal with kids and philosophers who keep asking why?
Why not check out this (open access) book I wrote a while ago and learn about ultimate explanation, self-explanation, and explaining something with nothing?
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Why not check out this (open access) book I wrote a while ago and learn about ultimate explanation, self-explanation, and explaining something with nothing?
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
I wrote something else than the usual metaphysics (discussion appreciated):
We already record much of our lives. But our memory and sense of self could be enhanced by recording even more, and creating so-called lifelogs that capture as many experiences as feasible
If memory is precious to you then go ahead and record everything! | Aeon Essays
Our memories are precious to us and constitute our sense of self. Why not enhance them by recording all of your life?
buff.ly
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I wrote something else than the usual metaphysics (discussion appreciated):