📜 Ontological Commitment

What must exist for our theories to be true? These works probe the philosophical question of what we're really claiming about reality when we accept a framework of beliefs.

An Introduction to Ontology

by Nikk Effingham • 2013

What exists? That's the easy part. Deciding how to decide is where it gets wild.

3.58

🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🌐 Contemporary Ontology 🔍 Metaontology

An Introduction to Ontology 93%

What exists? That's the easy part. Deciding how to decide is where it gets wild.

by Nikk Effingham 2013

3.58

59 ratings

🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🌐 Contemporary Ontology 🔍 Metaontology

Metaphysics

by Michael J. Loux • 1997

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

3.93

354

🧱 Analytical Metaphysics 🏷️ Ontology 🎓 Analytic Philosophy

Metaphysics 91%

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

by Michael J. Loux 1997

3.93

354 ratings

🧱 Analytical Metaphysics 🏷️ Ontology 🎓 Analytic Philosophy

Why Does the World Exist?

by Jim Holt • 2011

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

3.81

7k+

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology

Why Does the World Exist? 90%

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

by Jim Holt 2011

3.81

7k+ ratings

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology

Being And Event

by Alain Badiou • 1988

Set theory is the science of being itself, and the One is nowhere in it.

4.01

1k+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Ontology 📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics

Being And Event 90%

Set theory is the science of being itself, and the One is nowhere in it.

by Alain Badiou 1988

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Ontology 📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics

Introduction to Metaphysics

by Martin Heidegger • 1929

Before any science, one question: what does it mean to exist? Philosophy forgot, and reality shrank.

4.03

4k+

🌊 Phenomenology 🌑 Existentialism 🧱 Ontology

Introduction to Metaphysics 89%

Before any science, one question: what does it mean to exist? Philosophy forgot, and reality shrank.

by Martin Heidegger 1929

4.03

4k+ ratings

🌊 Phenomenology 🌑 Existentialism 🧱 Ontology

Being and Nothingness

by Jean-Paul Sartre • 1943

Consciousness is a hole in being. What pours through is freedom, and it terrifies us.

3.99

35k+

🖤 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🏛️ Ontology

Being and Nothingness 89%

Consciousness is a hole in being. What pours through is freedom, and it terrifies us.

by Jean-Paul Sartre 1943

3.99

35k+ ratings

🖤 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🏛️ Ontology

On Quality

by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

3.64

387

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy

On Quality 89%

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

by Robert M. Pirsig 2021

3.64

387 ratings

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy

Why? The Purpose of the Universe

by Philip Goff • 2023

A philosopher's case that the universe itself has a purpose, just not a perfect one.

3.72

474

🌌 Cosmic Purpose 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ✨ Panpsychism

Why? The Purpose of the Universe Summary

Why? The Purpose of the Universe 89%

A philosopher's case that the universe itself has a purpose, just not a perfect one.

by Philip Goff 2023

3.72

474 ratings

🌌 Cosmic Purpose 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ✨ Panpsychism

The Matrix and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2002

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

3.90

2k+

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism

The Matrix and Philosophy 89%

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

by William Irwin 2002

3.90

2k+ ratings

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism

Philosophy Bites

by David Edmonds • 2012

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

3.69

371

Philosophy Bites 89%

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

by David Edmonds 2012

3.69

371 ratings

Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski • 1999

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

4.03

541

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy

Introduction to Phenomenology 89%

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

by Robert Sokolowski 1999

4.03

541 ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy

The Construction of Social Reality

by John Rogers Searle • 1995

Money and marriage aren't physical facts. They run on a hidden logic of collective agreement.

3.89

969

🧱 Social Ontology 📐 Analytic Philosophy 🤝 Social Construction

The Construction of Social Reality Summary

The Construction of Social Reality 89%

Money and marriage aren't physical facts. They run on a hidden logic of collective agreement.

by John Rogers Searle 1995

3.89

969 ratings

🧱 Social Ontology 📐 Analytic Philosophy 🤝 Social Construction

Metaphysics

by Aristotle

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

4.07

18k+

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy

Metaphysics 89%

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

by Aristotle

4.07

18k+ ratings

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy

Heidegger

by Michael Watts • 2014

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

4.40

143

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy

Heidegger 89%

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

by Michael Watts 2014

4.40

143 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy

Hyperreality

by Mike Hockney • 2012

Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.

4.61

🔢 Mathematical Platonism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness

Hyperreality 89%

Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.

by Mike Hockney 2012

4.61

56 ratings

🔢 Mathematical Platonism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness

Philosophy of Existence

by Karl Jaspers • 1938

Objects aren't real. The real is a horizon you inhabit, never grasp, and awaken to.

3.79

323

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Existentialism 🪞 Authentic Selfhood

Philosophy of Existence 89%

Objects aren't real. The real is a horizon you inhabit, never grasp, and awaken to.

by Karl Jaspers 1938

3.79

323 ratings

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Existentialism 🪞 Authentic Selfhood

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness

by Gary Cox • 2011

You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.

4.12

121

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🚶 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness Summary

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness 88%

You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.

by Gary Cox 2011

4.12

121 ratings

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🚶 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy

by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

3.55

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 88%

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

by Tracy L. Bealer 2012

3.55

92 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Phenomenology

by Dan Zahavi • 2008

Consciousness is an openness, not a container. An introduction to phenomenology.

4.15

303

🗺️ Continental Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Phenomenological Method

Phenomenology 88%

Consciousness is an openness, not a container. An introduction to phenomenology.

by Dan Zahavi 2008

4.15

303 ratings

🗺️ Continental Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Phenomenological Method

Reality+

by David J. Chalmers • 2022

Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.

3.72

1k+

🖥️ Simulation Theory 🔧 Philosophy Of Technology 🧱 Digital Ontology

Reality+ 88%

Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.

by David J. Chalmers 2022

3.72

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulation Theory 🔧 Philosophy Of Technology 🧱 Digital Ontology

Prometheus and Atlas

by Jason Reza Jorjani • 2016

Paranormal abilities are real, and Western civilization depends on suppressing that.

4.09

127

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Philosophy 👻 Paranormal Phenomena

Prometheus and Atlas 88%

Paranormal abilities are real, and Western civilization depends on suppressing that.

by Jason Reza Jorjani 2016

4.09

127 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Philosophy 👻 Paranormal Phenomena

The Big Picture

by Sean Carroll • 2016

How a purposeless cosmos produces life, mind, and the meaning we build for ourselves.

4.18

10k+

🔭 Cosmology 🧬 Origin Of Life 🧠 Consciousness Studies

The Big Picture 88%

How a purposeless cosmos produces life, mind, and the meaning we build for ourselves.

by Sean Carroll 2016

4.18

10k+ ratings

🔭 Cosmology 🧬 Origin Of Life 🧠 Consciousness Studies

All Things Are Full of Gods

by David Bentley Hart • 2024

Physicalism cannot explain a single conscious thought. The case for mind as reality's foundation.

4.36

322

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Consciousness Studies 💡 Philosophical Idealism

All Things Are Full of Gods 88%

Physicalism cannot explain a single conscious thought. The case for mind as reality's foundation.

by David Bentley Hart 2024

4.36

322 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Consciousness Studies 💡 Philosophical Idealism

The Ethics of Ambiguity

by Simone de Beauvoir • 1947

Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.

4.17

8k+

🧭 Existentialist Ethics 🌍 Continental Philosophy 🔓 Radical Freedom

The Ethics of Ambiguity 88%

Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.

by Simone de Beauvoir 1947

4.17

8k+ ratings

🧭 Existentialist Ethics 🌍 Continental Philosophy 🔓 Radical Freedom

The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos

by Brian Swimme • 1996

The universe has an origin point, and cosmology now locates it wherever you happen to be.

4.25

223

🌌 Cosmic Narrative 🔬 Science And Spirituality 🧬 Evolutionary Epic

The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos 88%

The universe has an origin point, and cosmology now locates it wherever you happen to be.

by Brian Swimme 1996

4.25

223 ratings

🌌 Cosmic Narrative 🔬 Science And Spirituality 🧬 Evolutionary Epic

The End of Faith

by Sam Harris • 2004

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

3.89

44k+

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity

The End of Faith 88%

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

by Sam Harris 2004

3.89

44k+ ratings

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity

Wholeness and the Implicate Order

by David Bohm • 1980

A physicist's theory of a hidden, enfolded order where space, time, and separation dissolve.

4.25

1k+

⚛️ Quantum Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Wholeness and the Implicate Order Summary

Wholeness and the Implicate Order 88%

A physicist's theory of a hidden, enfolded order where space, time, and separation dissolve.

by David Bohm 1980

4.25

1k+ ratings

⚛️ Quantum Physics 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies

The Experience of God

by David Bentley Hart • 2013

The God most atheists reject was never the one classical theology actually proposed.

4.25

2k+

🏛️ Classical Theism 📚 Philosophical Theology 🔗 Arguments For God

The Experience of God 88%

The God most atheists reject was never the one classical theology actually proposed.

by David Bentley Hart 2013

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Theism 📚 Philosophical Theology 🔗 Arguments For God

What Is Existentialism?

by Simone de Beauvoir • 1944

No fixed nature, no cosmic plan, no excuses: what existentialism actually says about being human.

3.91

2k+

🔓 Existentialism 📚 Continental Philosophy 🇫🇷 French Philosophy

What Is Existentialism? 88%

No fixed nature, no cosmic plan, no excuses: what existentialism actually says about being human.

by Simone de Beauvoir 1944

3.91

2k+ ratings

🔓 Existentialism 📚 Continental Philosophy 🇫🇷 French Philosophy

The Posthuman

by Rosi Braidotti • 2013

Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.

3.82

949

📚 Critical Theory 🤖 Posthumanism 🐾 Animal Studies

The Posthuman 88%

Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.

by Rosi Braidotti 2013

3.82

949 ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🤖 Posthumanism 🐾 Animal Studies

Jacques Derrida

by Christopher Watkin • 2017

Deconstruction: meaning never settles. This book argues the Trinity says why, and what comes next.

4.36

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⛪ Philosophical Theology 📚 Poststructuralism

Jacques Derrida 88%

Deconstruction: meaning never settles. This book argues the Trinity says why, and what comes next.

by Christopher Watkin 2017

4.36

44 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⛪ Philosophical Theology 📚 Poststructuralism

God, Human, Animal, Machine

by Meghan O'Gieblyn • 2021

We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.

4.23

4k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔧 Technology Criticism ⛪ Faith And Technology

God, Human, Animal, Machine 88%

We swapped God for AI. A former fundamentalist finds the old religion hiding in our machines.

by Meghan O'Gieblyn 2021

4.23

4k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🔧 Technology Criticism ⛪ Faith And Technology

Very Little...Almost Nothing

by Simon Critchley • 2004

Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.

3.89

132

🌍 Continental Philosophy 💀 Death Of God Theology 📖 Literary Modernism

Very Little...Almost Nothing 88%

Nihilism is the norm after God. Creative resistance through literature is how meaning gets remade.

by Simon Critchley 2004

3.89

132 ratings

🌍 Continental Philosophy 💀 Death Of God Theology 📖 Literary Modernism

Knowledge, Reality, and Value

by Michael Huemer • 2021

A guide to philosophy that swaps jargon for common sense and teaches you to think for yourself.

4.30

282

📘 Introductory Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Analytic Philosophy

Knowledge, Reality, and Value 88%

A guide to philosophy that swaps jargon for common sense and teaches you to think for yourself.

by Michael Huemer 2021

4.30

282 ratings

📘 Introductory Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Analytic Philosophy

A God That Could be Real

by Nancy Ellen Abrams • 2015

What if God isn't a creator but a creation, emerging from collective human consciousness right now?

3.71

276

🧪 Science And Religion 🌊 Emergence Theory 🧠 Collective Consciousness

A God That Could be Real 88%

What if God isn't a creator but a creation, emerging from collective human consciousness right now?

by Nancy Ellen Abrams 2015

3.71

276 ratings

🧪 Science And Religion 🌊 Emergence Theory 🧠 Collective Consciousness

The New Science of the Mind

by Mark Rowlands • 2010

The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.

3.69

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition

The New Science of the Mind 88%

The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.

by Mark Rowlands 2010

3.69

45 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition

Making Sense

by Sam Harris • 2020

Free will doesn't exist, consciousness is a mystery, and AI is a loaded weapon. Start there.

4.13

2k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Making Sense 88%

Free will doesn't exist, consciousness is a mystery, and AI is a loaded weapon. Start there.

by Sam Harris 2020

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🧩 Cognitive Biases

The Universe in a Single Atom

by Dalai Lama XIV • 2005

Science measures the brain; Buddhism trains the mind. What each alone misses about consciousness.

4.03

10k+

🧬 Buddhism And Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Contemplative Neuroscience

The Universe in a Single Atom 88%

Science measures the brain; Buddhism trains the mind. What each alone misses about consciousness.

by Dalai Lama XIV 2005

4.03

10k+ ratings

🧬 Buddhism And Science 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Contemplative Neuroscience

In the Dust of This Planet

by Eugene Thacker • 2011

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

3.68

3k+

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism

In the Dust of This Planet 88%

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

by Eugene Thacker 2011

3.68

3k+ ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism

I am Not a Brain

by Markus Gabriel • 2017

Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.

3.49

233

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📜 German Idealism 🔓 Free Will Debate

I am Not a Brain 88%

Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.

by Markus Gabriel 2017

3.49

233 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📜 German Idealism 🔓 Free Will Debate

Freedom and Neurobiology

by John Rogers Searle • 2005

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

3.56

246

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will

Freedom and Neurobiology 88%

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

by John Rogers Searle 2005

3.56

246 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will

The Tacit Dimension

by Michael Polanyi • 1966

Every explicit rule, theorem, and formula floats on a vast sea of knowledge you cannot articulate.

4.04

478

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Embodied Knowledge 👁️ Phenomenology

The Tacit Dimension 88%

Every explicit rule, theorem, and formula floats on a vast sea of knowledge you cannot articulate.

by Michael Polanyi 1966

4.04

478 ratings

🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧠 Embodied Knowledge 👁️ Phenomenology

Doing Philosophy

by Timothy Williamson • 2018

Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.

3.67

213

🛠️ Philosophical Methodology 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🧪 Thought Experiments

Doing Philosophy 88%

Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.

by Timothy Williamson 2018

3.67

213 ratings

🛠️ Philosophical Methodology 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🧪 Thought Experiments

Doctor Strange and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2018

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

4.27

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Doctor Strange and Philosophy 88%

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

by Mark D. White 2018

4.27

44 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Rationality in Action

by John Rogers Searle • 2003

Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.

3.67

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔓 Free Will Debate 💭 Consciousness Studies

Rationality in Action 88%

Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.

by John Rogers Searle 2003

3.67

64 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔓 Free Will Debate 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Spell of the Sensuous

by David Abram • 1996

The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.

4.17

5k+

🌀 Phenomenology 🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🦊 Animism

The Spell of the Sensuous 88%

The alphabet didn't just capture speech. It taught us the natural world had nothing to say.

by David Abram 1996

4.17

5k+ ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🌍 Environmental Philosophy 🦊 Animism

When Science Meets Religion

by Ian G. Barbour • 2000

Science and religion aren't enemies. But keeping them politely apart misses the point.

3.54

275

📚 Science And Theology 🌿 Theology Of Nature 🌀 Process Theology

When Science Meets Religion 88%

Science and religion aren't enemies. But keeping them politely apart misses the point.

by Ian G. Barbour 2000

3.54

275 ratings

📚 Science And Theology 🌿 Theology Of Nature 🌀 Process Theology

The Matter With Things

by Iain McGilchrist • 2021

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

4.76

567

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception

The Matter With Things 88%

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

by Iain McGilchrist 2021

4.76

567 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception

Galileo's Error

by Philip Goff • 2019

Your conscious experience isn't a puzzle for science to solve. It is the solution.

3.97

1k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 The Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

Galileo's Error 88%

Your conscious experience isn't a puzzle for science to solve. It is the solution.

by Philip Goff 2019

3.97

1k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 The Mind-Body Problem 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

Where the Conflict Really Lies

by Alvin Plantinga • 2011

The real war: not science against God, but science against the view that matter is everything.

4.02

1k+

🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🧬 Evolution And Faith

Where the Conflict Really Lies 88%

The real war: not science against God, but science against the view that matter is everything.

by Alvin Plantinga 2011

4.02

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🧬 Evolution And Faith

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