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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time — Craig Callender

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E.A. Burtt, Historian and Philosopher A Study of the Author of The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Metaphysics • Philosophy

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David J Chalmers

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Metaphysics • Philosophy

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Philosophy in Mind The Place of Philosophy in the Study of Mind — Murray Michael

Philosophy in Mind The Place of Philosophy in the Study of Mind

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Metaphysics • Philosophy

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The Divine Order, the Human Order, and the Order of Nature Historical Perspectives

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Metaphysics • Philosophy

Handbook of Bioethics: Taking Stock of the Field from a Philosophical Perspective — G. Khushf

Handbook of Bioethics: Taking Stock of the Field from a Philosophical Perspective

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Intentional Acts and Institutional Facts Essays on John Searle’s Social Ontology — Savas L. Tsohatzidis

Intentional Acts and Institutional Facts Essays on John Searle’s Social Ontology

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Astrophilosophy, Exotheology, and Cosmic Religion Extraterrestrial Life in a Process Universe — Andrew M. Davis

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Andrew M. Davis

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Metaphysics • Philosophy

Dependencies, Connections, and Other Relations A Theory of Mental Causation — Wim de Muijnck

Dependencies, Connections, and Other Relations A Theory of Mental Causation

Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Metaphysics • Philosophy

Critical Scientific Realism — Ilkka Niiniluoto

Critical Scientific Realism

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Themes: Philosophy & Social Aspects • Metaphysics • Philosophy

The Puzzle of Existence Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing? — Tyron Goldschmidt

The Puzzle of Existence Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

Tyron Goldschmidt

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Kuhn’s Intellectual Path — K. Brad Wray

Kuhn’s Intellectual Path

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This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Scientific Essentialism by Brian Ellis. Connected by Philosophy & Social Aspects, Metaphysics, Philosophy. Authors featured include Friedrich Nietzsche, David Wade, Kevin T. Favero, Henri Bergson, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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