I am a Philosopher who completed my PhD in the joint Philosophy programmes at the University of St Andrews and the University of Stirling (Scotland). I taught philosophy for 5 years at the University of Stirling. I live in Minnesota (US).

Castles & Crusades RPG table-top role-playing:
I am an avid gamer, having played Dungeons & Dragons since 1980. After running a D&D Forgotten Realms campaign for 26 years (1992-2018), I’ve switched to Castles & Crusades running my own home brew world with a feel of the High Middle Ages (c.1200), drawing a lot on folklore (e.g. Norse, Celtic). The Old School Revival/Renaissance (OSR), represents, for me, what a tabletop RPG should be, and I have returned to that style of gaming – rules light, many options, rulings over rules, with challenging and gritty game play.

Although this blog now focuses on table-top role-playing games, it began as a philosophy blog. I now do philosophy blogging on another site. If you are interested in my philosophical musings, take a look at Kraghdiacu’s Thoughts.

My PhD Thesis: A Phenomenological-Enactive Theory of The Minimal Self. I argued that a ‘self’ does exist (unlike some who claim it is an illusion). I examined the minimal conditions of Selfhood by drawing on the fields of Phenomenology and Enactivism. If you are interested in exploring the idea of the ‘minimal’ (sense of) self in more detail, consider taking a look at my PhD Thesis.

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