Dana Goswick

The Anti-Realist Boogeyman (And How To Avoid Him)

Dana Goswick

Journal article  |  2022  |  PHILOSOPHIA

I distinguish Local Constructivism (humans play a constitutive role in constructing some of the objects we have epistemic access t..

The Role of Logic in Metaphysical Theorizing

Dana Goswick

Journal article  |  2022  |  METAPHYSICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR ONTOLOGY & METAPHYSICS

Most of the most prominent discussions within metaphysics assume without argument that our metaphysical theorizing should be const..

Odd Objects: LEM Violations and Indeterminacy

Dana Goswick

Journal article  |  2021  |  Erkenntnis: an international journal of analytic philosophy

Constructivism in Metaphysics

Dana Goswick

Reference Work  |  2020

Odd Objects: LEM Violations and Indeterminacy

Dana Goswick

Journal article  |  2019  |  ERKENNTNIS

I argue there are some objects which do not respect the Law of the Excluded Middle (LEM), i.e., which are such that, for some prop..

A Devitt-Proof Constructivism

DANA Goswick

Journal article  |  2019  |  Analysis and Metaphysics

I distinguish 20th century Constructivists (e.g. Goodman, Putnam) whose anti-Realism is global and is motivated by epistemic and s..

The Hard Question for Hylomorphism

DANA Goswick

Journal article  |  2018  |  Metaphysics

The view that ordinary objects are composites of form and matter (“hylomorphism”) can be contrasted with the more common view that..

Ordinary Objects are Nonmodal Objects

D Goswick

Journal article  |  2018  |  Analysis and Metaphysics

Although it’s widely recognized that our concepts can differ in grainedness, the corollary question of whether objects can differ ..

Are Modal Facts Brute Facts?

D Goswick

Book Chapter  |  2018

Events

Dana Goswick

Reference Work  |  2018

Events are happenings, occurrences and changes objects undergo, e.g. Kate’s singing, Jane’s pouring the milk, John’s walking. Even..