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An introduction to metametaphysics/
Tahko, Tuomas E.
An introduction to metametaphysics/ Tuomas E. Tahko - New York: Cambridge university press, 2015. - x, 258 p.
This book, the first systematic student introduction dedicated to metametaphysics, discusses the nature of metaphysics - its methodology, epistemology, ontology and our access to metaphysical knowledge; Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why should you care about metametaphysics?
Quine vs. Carnap: on what there is and what there isn't
Quantification and ontological commitment
Identifying the alternatives: ontological realism, deflationism, and conventionalism
Grounding and ontological dependence
Fundamentality and levels of reality
The epistemology of metaphsics: a priori or a posteriori?
Intuitions and thought experiments in metaphysics
Demarcating metaphysics and science: can metaphysics be naturalized?
9781107434295
Knowledge, Theory of
Metaphysics
Ontology
110 / TAH
An introduction to metametaphysics/ Tuomas E. Tahko - New York: Cambridge university press, 2015. - x, 258 p.
This book, the first systematic student introduction dedicated to metametaphysics, discusses the nature of metaphysics - its methodology, epistemology, ontology and our access to metaphysical knowledge; Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why should you care about metametaphysics?
Quine vs. Carnap: on what there is and what there isn't
Quantification and ontological commitment
Identifying the alternatives: ontological realism, deflationism, and conventionalism
Grounding and ontological dependence
Fundamentality and levels of reality
The epistemology of metaphsics: a priori or a posteriori?
Intuitions and thought experiments in metaphysics
Demarcating metaphysics and science: can metaphysics be naturalized?
9781107434295
Knowledge, Theory of
Metaphysics
Ontology
110 / TAH