Sam Andrews

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I am a PhD Researcher at the University of Birmingham. My research focuses on Metaphysics, Epistemology, and the Philosophy of Science.I also collect and analyse data on philosophy journals (acceptance rates, response times, comment chance, etc.). You can find more on the project's website by clicking the button above.

'Realism and the Value of Explanation' [ Published Version ] [ PDF ]
The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 4, 2023, Pages 1305–1314
^{Synopsis: examining the relationship between value and explanation.}

Under Review

'Explanatory Metaphysics'
^{Synopsis: defining an explanatory approach to metaphysics.}'Ultimate-Humeanism'
^{Synopsis: a further reduction of Humean and Super-Humean ontology.}'Up-and-Down Meta-Ground'
^{Synopsis: a unified solution to the problem of meta-ground.}

In Progress

A paper exploring Humean approaches to ground
A paper defining an iterative conception of ground
A paper defending the consistency of Lewis’s systematic metaphysics
A paper examining the metaphilosophical issues of intellectual stalemates