Markel Kortabarria
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Markel Kortabarria
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Postdoctoral researcher at LOGOS Research Group in Analytic Philosophy – BIAP, University of Barcelona.

Thinking about (meta)metaphysics, grounding, m-explanation and other nerdy stuff.

(He/Him)

Website: http://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/markel-kortabarri
Raven, M. (2004). What physicalism could be

Advances a grounding-based formulation of physicalism that exploits a distinction between circumstantial and acricumstantial facts, and examines how this approach might address the problem of whether grounding facts are physical or non-physical
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October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Honestly, I wondered about this, but since it’s a review for which I already asked an extension and I’m now quite free, I’ve already drafted a response based on the content. Besides, some claims made were interesting. But I will obviously let the editors know of my suspicion
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You just know people are going to be googling that obscure metal band
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Szanto, T. (2018). In hate we trust: the collectivization and habitualization of hatred

Argues that hatred is an enduring affective–intentional attitude with an indeterminate focus that collectivizes its target, and that haters derive extreme affective power from commitment to the attitude itself
Thomas Szanto, In hate we trust: The collectivization and habitualization of hatred - PhilPapers
In the face of longstanding philosophical debates on the nature of hatred and an ever-growing interest in the underlying social-psychological function of group-directed or genocidal hatred, the peculi...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ichino, A. (forthcoming). The imagination view of conspiracy theories.

Discusses imagination views of conspiracy theories, according to which attitudes toward conspiracies involve imagining rather than belief, and considers their normative implications in light of a non-irrationality objection
Anna Ichino (University of Antwerp) - PhilPeople
Anna Ichino is a post-doctoral fellow at University of Antwerp, Department of Philosophy. They are interested in Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, and Philosophy of Cognitive Scien...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Passinsky, A. (2025). Social construction and meta-ground.

Presents two problem cases for grounding views of social construction and advances a novel metagrounding view: a fact is s-constructed iff its meta-grounds include suitable connective social facts

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Social construction and meta‐ground
The notion of social construction plays an important role in many areas of social philosophy, including the philosophy of gender and sex, the philosophy of race, and the philosophy of disability. Yet....
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October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oberle, T. (2025). Grounding panentheism.

Provides and defends a grounding formulation of panentheism i.e. the view that the cosmos is in God, but God is more than the cosmos, through a strong generative grounding relation and a principle of ontological overlap

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Thomas Oberle, Grounding Panentheism - PhilPapers
Panentheists advocate for a unique and rival view of God and his relationship to the cosmos. A common panentheistic slogan says the cosmos is in God, but God is more than ...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Baron, S. & Miller, K. (2018). An introduction to the philosophy of time.

Was about *time* I brushed up on this stuff.
Clear, accessible, and engaging overview of contemporary philosophy of time. Thorough in scope, though a bit thin on certain lines (like B-theories)

philpapers.org/rec/BARAIT-29
October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Well, I guess there is a doctor in the room now!
October 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM