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André Gallois
Researcher at Syracuse University
Publications - 28
Citations - 464
André Gallois is an academic researcher from Syracuse University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Identity (philosophy) & Metaphysics. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 28 publications receiving 442 citations. Previous affiliations of André Gallois include University of Queensland & Keele University.
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Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake
Stephen Yablo,André Gallois +1 more
TL;DR: The metaphorical/literal distinction between statements made within make-believe games and those made outside them is a special case of it with some claim to be called the metaphorical or literal distinction as mentioned in this paper.
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How Things Might Have Been: Individuals, Kinds, and Essential Properties
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of the necessity of origin and the need of origin are discussed. But they do not address the problem of defining a best candidate for a given identity.
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The World Without, the Mind Within: An Essay on First-Person Authority
TL;DR: In this paper, Andre Gallois examines accounts of self-knowledge by such philosophers as Donald Davidson, Tyler Burge and Crispin Wright, and advances his own view that, without relying on observation, we are able justifiably to attribute to ourselves propositional attitudes such as belief, that we consciously hold.