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Showing 1 to 20 of 410 for “"Metaphysics"”.
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Deflationary Metaphysics
This dissertation consists of three papers on a handful of related metaphysical and metametaphysical topics. The first examines the connection between analyticity and ontology. Some hold that we can trivially resolve longstanding ontological debates by appealing to "ampliative" analytic truths …
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Explanation in metaphysics.
… explanations, is of special importance to metaphysics, since the task of metaphysics generally is to get to the bottom of reality. The concept of ontological explanation is usually buried a layer deep in most discussions, however, and theses about it are either presupposed or clothed as …
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Moderate Modal Metaphysics
… we open the door for arbitrariness in our metaphysics.
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Non-Representationalism and Metaphysics
… think that non-representationalism threatens metaphysics, particularly theories which purport to say what makes statements of given kinds true, and to what various kinds of terms refer. Some take this to be an advantage of the view, others a disadvantage. In the second part of my thesis I …
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The metaphysics of dispositions
As Nelson Goodman put it, things are full of threats and promises. A fragile glass, for example, is prone to shatter when struck. Fragility is the glass's disposition, shattering is the manifestation of the disposition, and striking is the circumstances of manifestation. The properties of a fragile …
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The significance of metaphysics
In this thesis, I investigate the nature of metaphysics and the role it plays in our broader theoretical pursuits. In doing so, I defend it against various criticisms and offer a novel conception of why metaphysical disputes are important. In Chapter One I address the general question of when …
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The Ethics within Metaphysics
… three chapters at the intersection of ethics and metaphysics. In the first chapter, I put forward a new theory of personal identity, give arguments for it, and defend it from objections. In the first part, I argue that the two most prominent theories of personal identity, the psychological theory …
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Martin Heidegger's Critiques of Metaphysics
Martin Heidegger’s Critiques of Metaphysics and Humanist-Political Critiques of Heidegger introduces the reader to the work and controversies of renowned German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889–1976). The dissertation aims to situate the critique of Heidegger in his writings as well the impactful …
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Exploring the Metaphysics of Grief
<p>The goal of this dissertation is to develop an understanding of grief utterances: expressions of grief that in losing a loved one, the bereaved lost a part of herself. Grief utterances are commonplace, and their accompanying phenomenology suggests they are true. That gives us reason to think …
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Exploring The Metaphysics Of Grief
<p>The goal of this dissertation is to develop an understanding of grief utterances: expressions of grief that in losing a loved one, the bereaved lost a part of herself. Grief utterances are commonplace, and their accompanying phenomenology suggests they are true. That gives us reason to think …
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Locke's Political Metaphysics
… show how in what I’ve termed, Locke’s “political metaphysics” we see the emergence of a politics that is a consequence of his metaphysical commitments to human beings as free persons. That freedom is understood by Locke, not merely positively, in what one does, or can be seen by others as being …
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The Metaphysics of Mental Representation
The representational theory of mind (RTM) explains the phenomenon of intentionality in terms of the existence and nature of mental representations. Despite the typical characterisation of mental representations in terms of their semantics, RTM is best understood as a metaphysical – more …
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The Multiverse and Participatory Metaphysics
This dissertation brings a new philosophical perspective to an important topic in the contemporary theology and science dialogue, specifically the theological reception of multiverse thought in modern cosmology. In light of recent cosmological speculation about the plausibility of a ‘multiverse,’ a …
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The empirical relevance of metaphysics
… is also relevant to classic debates in the metaphysics of time. By exploiting the fact that different theories in the metaphysics of time classify different sorts of facts as 'merely indexical' facts, it can be shown that different views in the metaphysics of time make different empirical …
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On the metaphysics of belief
There is a traditional picture of belief, according to which someone's having a belief is that person's standing in a certain relation to an abstract object, a proposition. My dissertation examines the metaphysical demands that two problems for this picture of belief make on these abstract objects. …
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On the metaphysics of numbers
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1990.
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The Relationship Between Metaphysics and Logic
Logic and metaphysics are employed to identify and understand the underlying principles of reality, thought, and existence. The goals of these two disciplines appear to overlap in that they both seek implicit principles of reality. However, the debate on their relationship, the question of which …
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Sex, Metaphysics, and Mental 'Dis-ease'
… Greek philosopher Epicurus believed that our metaphysics determines our state of mind: a correct view of the nature of human and worldly existence brings inner peace and tranquillity; an incorrect view, inner turmoil. More recently, Australian philosopher John Bigelow lamented that, despite …
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