The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics

ISBN-13: 9780367509583 / Angielski

Ricki Bliss; J. T. M. Miller

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Philosophical questions regarding the nature and methodology of philosophical inquiry have garnered much attention in recent years. Perhaps nowhere are these discussions more developed than in relation to the field of metaphysics.

The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics is an outstanding reference source to this growing subject. It comprises thirty-eight chapters written by leading international contributors, and is arranged around five themes:

• The history of metametaphysics

• Neo-Quineanism (and its objectors)

• Alternative conceptions of metaphysics

• The epistemology of metaphysics

• Science and metaphysics.

Essential reading for students and researchers in metaphysics, philosophical methodology, and ontology, The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics will also be of interest to those in closely related subjects such as philosophy of language, logic, and philosophy of science.

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Introduction: What is Metametaphysics? Ricki Bliss and JTM Miller  Part 1: The History of Metametaphysics  1. Metametaphysics in Plato and Aristotle Vasilis Politis  2. Kantian Meta-Ontology Ralf M. Bader  3. Rudolf Carnap: Pragmatist and Expressivist about Ontology Robert Kraut  4. Quine’s Metametaphysics Karl Egerton  5. Metaphysical Realism and Anti-Realism Jussi Haukioja  6. From Modal to Post-Modal Metaphysics Nathan Wildman  Part 2: Neo-Quineanism (and its objectors)  7. Ontological Commitment and Quantifiers Ted Parent  8. Quantifier Variance Rohan Sud and David Manley  9. Verbal Disputes and Metaphysics Brendan Balcerak Jackson  10. Absolute Generality Agustín Rayo  11. The Metametaphysics of Neo-Fregeanism Matti Eklund  12. Easy Ontology Amie L. Thomasson  13. Defending the importance of ordinary existence questions and debates Jody Azzouni  14. Ontological Pluralism Jason Turner  Part 3: Alternative Conceptions of Metaphysics  15. Grounding Alexander Skiles and Kelly Trogdon  16. Fundamentality Ricki Bliss  17. Metaphysical Explanation Naomi Thompson  18. Truthmaking and Metametaphysics Ross P. Cameron  19. Essence Jessica Leech  20. Fictionalist Strategies in Metaphysics Lukas Skiba and Richard Woodward  21. Global expressivism Stephen Barker  22. Hylomorphic unity Anna Marmodoro  23. Feminist Metaphysics Elizabeth Barnes  24. Social Ontology Rebecca Mason and Katherine Ritchie  25. Natural Language Ontology Friederike Moltmann  26. Phenomenology as Metaphysics Dan Zahavi  Part 4: The Epistemology of Metaphysics  27. A Priori or A Posteriori? Tuomas E. Tahko  28. The epistemology of modality Sonia Roca-Royes  29. Ideology and Ontology Sam Cowling  30. Primitives Jiri Benovsky  31. Conceptual Analysis in Metaphysics Frank Jackson  32. Contingentism in Metaphysics Kristie Miller  33. Is Metaphysics Special? Thomas Hofweber  Part 5: Science and Metaphysics  34. Science Guided Metaphysics Kerry McKenzie  35. Methods in Science and Metaphysics Matt Farr and Milena Ivanova  36. Thing and Non-Thing Ontologies Michael Esfeld  37. Moderately Naturalised Metaphysics Matteo Morganti  38. Science of the Possible JTM Miller.  Index

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Ricki Bliss is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lehigh University, USA. Her research focuses primarily on issues in foundational metaphysics with a particular interest in how history, in particular the history of Christian thought, might bear on those issues.

J.T.M. Miller is a philosopher based at the University of Nottingham, UK. From July 2020, he will be Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on issues at the intersection of metaphysics, and philosophy of language and linguistics, including on the nature of metaphysical disputes, how to assess metaphysical theories, and the metaphysics of language.