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050 0 0 _aBD 111
_b.T13 2015
100 1 _aTahko, Tuomas E.,
_d1982-
_eauthor
_923380
245 1 3 _aAn introduction to metametaphysics /
_cTuomas E. Tahko, University of Helsinki.
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2015.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2015.
265 _aGBS
300 _ax, 258 pages ;
_c26 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge introductions to philosophy
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 0 _aWhy 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?
520 _aHow do we come to know metaphysical truths? How does metaphysical inquiry work? Are metaphysical debates substantial? These are the questions which characterize metametaphysics. 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. It provides students with a firm grounding in the basics of metametaphysics, covering a broad range of topics in metaontology such as existence, quantification, ontological commitment and ontological realism. Contemporary views are discussed along with those of Quine, Carnap and Meinong. Going beyond the metaontological debate, thorough treatment is given to novel topics in metametaphysics, including grounding, ontological dependence, fundamentality, modal epistemology, intuitions, thought experiments and the relationship between metaphysics and science. The book will be an essential resource for those studying advanced metaphysics, philosophical methodology, metametaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of science. [Provided by the publisher]
650 0 _aMetaphysics.
_923167
650 0 _aOntology.
_923381
650 0 _aKnowledge, Theory of.
_920152
650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy.
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