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Philosophy professor at the University of Alberta, working on metaphysics and ancient philosophy. Find me on philcorkum.com and https://philpeople.org/profiles/phil-corkum

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Phil Corkum, Two Notions of Fundamentality in Aristotle - PhilPapers Aristotle speaks of the fundamental as what is ungrounded or, in his own terminology, separate; and he also speaks of the fundamental as what grounds all else, or as what is ...

Glad to see this one sidling over from invited to in press. philpapers.org/rec/CORTNO-11

17.08.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a little less pleased to now have to write the damn thing.

02.07.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m really pleased to be signing a contract with Cambridge University Press for another little book – this one on Augustine’s philosophy of time, with the Elements in Ancient Philosophy series. #Augustine #philosophyoftime

02.07.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to Tuomas Tahko for patience while I procrastinated through a long-covid fog.

23.04.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics

It’s just a little book, but I guarantee you’ll get your money’s worth. Free access for the next two weeks.

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

23.04.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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American gates at YEG. Plenty of elbow room. #elbowsup

16.04.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's still at the proof stage - but I'll post a link when it becomes available!

23.03.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Crap.

22.03.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sure, okay, that looks bad. But his citation metrics must have gone through the roof, right?

22.03.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And if I remember right, things went fine for that academic’s career afterwards.

22.03.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s nice to have the little book coming together. But where have I seen that cover before?

22.03.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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