An introduction to metametaphysics / Tuomas E. Tahko, University of Helsinki
By: Tahko, Tuomas E [author].
Series: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: x, 258 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107434295.Subject(s): Metaphysics | Ontology | Knowledge, Theory of | Science -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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?