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Single Idea 14940
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
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Full Idea
There is little positive by way of implications for metaphysics that we can adduce from cutting-edge physics.
Gist of Idea
Cutting-edge physics has little to offer metaphysics
Source
J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 3.7.2)
Book Ref
Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.174
A Reaction
My personal suspicion is that this will always be the case, even though there may be huge advances in physics, and I offer that as a reason why metaphysicians do not (pace Ladyman and Ross) need to study physics. They grasp 'negative' lessons.
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16710
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21366
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[Schopenhauer]
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14799
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[Peirce]
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21582
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6095
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[Russell]
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22153
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[Quine, by Boulter]
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22438
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[Quine]
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6891
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[Quine, by Mautner]
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15477
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15670
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13567
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Ontology should give insight into or an explanation of the world revealed by science
[Ellis]
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4194
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Metaphysics is concerned with the fundamental structure of reality as a whole
[Lowe]
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14977
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Metaphysics is not about what exists or is true or essential; it is about the structure of reality
[Sider]
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14994
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Extreme doubts about metaphysics also threaten to undermine the science of unobservables
[Sider]
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16241
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The metaphysics of nature should focus on physics
[Maudlin]
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14904
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Metaphysics builds consilience networks across science
[Ladyman/Ross]
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14907
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Progress in metaphysics must be tied to progress in science
[Ladyman/Ross]
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14908
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Metaphysics must involve at least two scientific hypotheses, one fundamental, and add to explanation
[Ladyman/Ross]
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14910
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Some science is so general that it is metaphysical
[Ladyman/Ross]
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14940
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Cutting-edge physics has little to offer metaphysics
[Ladyman/Ross]
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14945
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The aim of metaphysics is to unite the special sciences with physics
[Ladyman/Ross]
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22138
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Science rests on scholastic metaphysics, not on Hume, Kant or Carnap
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