A link to my Philosophy notes - a series of notes that I put together as part of an informal research project between 2000 and 2005:

1:  A brief introduction

2:  'Mirroring reality': how not to think about the world

3:  An alternative metaphor

4:  Emergence, existence, and explanation

5:  Conscious experiences

6:  In lieu of a conclusion ...

Appendix:  Realism and the physical world

Here's where you can find my articles about the author J. G. Ballard, a number of which have been published over at Ballardian.com:

• 'Fulfillment in a Time of Nihilism' - Ballard and the British political philosopher John Gray: a mutual admiration society

• 'A Fascist State? Another look at Kingdom Come and Consumerism' - reconsidering Ballard's final novel

• 'Ballard and the Vicissitudes of Time' - a central theme in Ballard's fiction, as it appears in three stories from the early 1980s 

• 'J. G. Ballard's Court Circular'- a minor work from 1968 that nevertheless reveals much that is of interest

• 'A Home and a Grave' - an alternative take on the novel The Unlimited Dream Company

• An article on the Unicorn Bookshop obscenity trial of 1968, which featured one of Ballard's stories

• 'Angry Old Men' - my interview with the author Michael Moorcock in which he discusses Ballard's influence

• An interview with the author and publisher Michael Butterworth where we discuss Ballard, Savoy Books, censorship, and much more 

• A series of discussions on 'The Atrocity Exhibition', transcribed from the JGB list on Yahoo Groups

• J. G. Ballard: A Collector's Guide (last updated 14 November 2011)