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Alex Byrne

Alex Byrne is Professor of Philosophy at MIT and co-editor of Readings on Color.

Articles

Philosophers ponder the afterlife.

Alex Byrne

God

Philosophers weigh in.

Alex Byrne

Is morality a natural phenomenon?

Alex Byrne

Understanding consciousness may be easier than we thought.

Alex Byrne

Why some philosophers say we can’t.

Alex Byrne

And other questions about appearance and reality.

Alex Byrne

On Scott Soames's Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century.

Alex Byrne, Ned Hall

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