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Putting Metaphysics First

Michael Devitt
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      The metaphysical part of this book is largely concerned with realism issues. Michael Devitt starts with realism about universals, dismissing Plato's notorious 'one over many' problem. Several chapters argue for a fairly uncompromising realist view of the external physical world of commonsense and science. Both the nonfactualism of moral noncognitivism and positivistic instrumentalism, and deflationism about truth, are found to rest on an antirealism that is hard tocharacterize. A case is presented for moral realism. Various biological realisms are considered. Finally, an argument is presented for an unfashionable biological essentialism. The second part of the book is epistemological. Devitt argues against the a priori and for a Quinean naturalism. The intuitions that so dominate 'armchair philosophy' are emipirical not a priori.Throughout the book there is an emphasis on distinguishing metaphysical issues about what there is and what it's like from semantic issues about meaning, truth, and reference. Another central theme, captured in the title, is that we should 'put metaphysics first'. We should approach epistemology and semantics from a metaphysical perspective rather than vice versa. The epistemological turn in modern philosophy, and the linguistic turn in contemporary philosophy, were something ofdisasters.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Michael Devitt EAN: 9780199576975 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 561 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-01-07 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Philosophy of science, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Michael Devitt (PhD Harvard, BA Sydney) is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He taught at the University of Sydney from 1971 until 1987 and the University of Maryland from 1988 to 1999. His main research interests are in the philosophy of language and mind, and in issues of realism.
      The metaphysical part of this book is largely concerned with realism issues. Michael Devitt starts with realism about universals, dismissing Plato's notorious 'one over many' problem. Several chapters argue for a fairly uncompromising realist view of the external physical world of commonsense and science. Both the nonfactualism of moral noncognitivism and positivistic instrumentalism, and deflationism about truth, are found to rest on an antirealism that is hard tocharacterize. A case is presented for moral realism. Various biological realisms are considered. Finally, an argument is presented for an unfashionable biological essentialism. The second part of the book is epistemological. Devitt argues against the a priori and for a Quinean naturalism. The intuitions that so dominate 'armchair philosophy' are emipirical not a priori.Throughout the book there is an emphasis on distinguishing metaphysical issues about what there is and what it's like from semantic issues about meaning, truth, and reference. Another central theme, captured in the title, is that we should 'put metaphysics first'. We should approach epistemology and semantics from a metaphysical perspective rather than vice versa. The epistemological turn in modern philosophy, and the linguistic turn in contemporary philosophy, were something ofdisasters.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Michael Devitt EAN: 9780199576975 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 561 g HEIGHT: 233 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-01-07 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy of science, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Michael Devitt (PhD Harvard, BA Sydney) is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He taught at the University of Sydney from 1971 until 1987 and the University of Maryland from 1988 to 1999. His main research interests are in the philosophy of language and mind, and in issues of realism.

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