Must Naturalism Lead to a Deflationary Meta-Ontology?

被引:1
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作者
Haug, Matthew [1 ]
机构
[1] Coll William & Mary, Dept Philosophy, POB 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA
关键词
meta-ontology; naturalism; Huw Price; ontological commitment; W.V.O; Quine;
D O I
10.1515/mp-2014-0021
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Huw Price has argued that naturalistic philosophy inevitably leads to a deflationary approach to ontological questions. In this paper, I rebut these arguments. A more substantive, less language-focused approach to metaphysics remains open to naturalists. However, rebutting one of Price's main arguments requires rejecting Quine's criterion of ontological commitment. So, even though Price's argument is unsound, it reveals that naturalists cannot rest content with broadly Quinean, "mainstream metaphysics,"which, I suggest, naturalists also have independent reasons to reject.
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页码:347 / 367
页数:21
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