What analytic metaphysics can do for scientific metaphysics |
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Authors: | Chanwoo Lee |
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Institution: | Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA |
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Abstract: | The apparent chasm between two camps in metaphysics, analytic metaphysics and scientific metaphysics, is well recognized. I argue that the relationship between them is not necessarily a rivalry; a division of labour that resembles the relationship between pure mathematics and science is possible. As a case study, I look into the metaphysical underdetermination argument for ontic structural realism, a well-known position in scientific metaphysics, together with an argument for the position in analytic metaphysics known as ontological nihilism. I argue that we can ascribe the same schema to both arguments, which indicates that analytic metaphysics can offer an abstract model that scientific metaphysics may find useful. |
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Keywords: | analytic metaphysics metaphysical underdetermination ontic structural realism ontological nihilism scientific metaphysics |
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