Meaning and Being (Philosophy Journal)

Why thoughts happen

: the origin and function of thought

Dec 14, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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Against Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems

Gödel’s second incompleteness theorem (which is an extension of the first incompleteness theorem) can be summarised as follows: if the theorem of…

Dec 10, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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November 2025

Self-Coding

Computer programs are sequences of logical arguments.

Nov 29, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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Voices in Your Mind

The concept of thought/mind is a relatively recent abstraction, likely originating around the time of Buddha and early Greek philosophers.

Nov 16, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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What is ‘truth’ like?

When a person ‘believes’ something, they typically take that something to be ‘true’.

Nov 4, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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August 2025

Method of Proof

Every decision involves a series of implicit arguments, each committed to a conclusion that is taken to follow from the relevant premises.

Aug 23, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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July 2025

The Meaning of Words

: on the presuppositions of natural language

Jul 31, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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“Self-awareness: acquaintance, intentionality, representation, relation”

My response to Galen Strawson

Jul 3, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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June 2025

“The fallacy behind fallacies”

My response to Gerald J. Massey

Jun 16, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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What is Sense

: on the conditions of temporal unity of consciousness

Jun 6, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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May 2025

Grounding Relevance (in logic)

Assertions about relevance or irrelevance of arguments are often made as if relevance were uncontroversial, obvious, but this is not the case.

May 27, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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April 2025

You Are Not Self-Aware

The sense of 'I am' does not involve direct awareness of 'I', the locus of attention, the mind's eye, which is the logical counterpart and therefore…

Apr 18, 2025 • Michael Kowalik

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