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Single Idea 17275
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science
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Full Idea
We may broadly distinguish between two main branches of metaphysics: the 'realist' or 'critical' branch is concerned with what is real (tense, values, numbers); the 'naive' or 'pre-critical' branch concerns natures of things irrespective of reality.
Gist of Idea
Realist metaphysics concerns what is real; naive metaphysics concerns natures of things
Source
Kit Fine (Guide to Ground [2012], 1.02)
Book Ref
'Metaphysical Grounding', ed/tr. Correia,F/Schnieder,B [CUP 2012], p.40
A Reaction
[compressed] The 'natures' of things are presumably the essences. He cites 3D v 4D objects, and the status of fictional characters, as examples of the second type. Fine says ground is central to realist metaphysics.
Related Idea
Idea 7920
Descriptive metaphysics aims at actual structure, revisionary metaphysics at a better structure [Strawson,P]
The
20 ideas
with the same theme
[metaphysics as transcending natural science]:
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12119
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Physics studies transitory matter; metaphysics what is abstracted and necessary
[Bacon]
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12120
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Physics is of material and efficient causes, metaphysics of formal and final causes
[Bacon]
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12914
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Metaphysics is geometrical, resting on non-contradiction and sufficient reason
[Leibniz]
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12780
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We can grasp the wisdom of God a priori
[Leibniz]
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9752
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Kant showed that theoretical reason cannot give answers to speculative metaphysics
[Kant, by Korsgaard]
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6584
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A priori metaphysics is fond of basic unchanging entities like God, the soul, Forms, atoms…
[Kant, by Fogelin]
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9349
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A dove cutting through the air, might think it could fly better in airless space (which Plato attempted)
[Kant]
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3722
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Metaphysics goes beyond the empirical, so doesn't need examples
[Kant]
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6203
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Metaphysics is just a priori universal principles of physics
[Kant]
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21474
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Metaphysics studies the inexplicable ends of explanation
[Schopenhauer]
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19229
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Metaphysics is the science of both experience, and its general laws and types
[Peirce]
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5182
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Claims about 'the Absolute' are not even verifiable in principle
[Ayer on Bradley]
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19199
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Some say metaphysics is a highly generalised empirical study of objects
[Tarski]
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18390
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All metaphysical discussion should be guided by a quest for truthmakers
[Armstrong]
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2546
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Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge
[McGinn]
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17275
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Realist metaphysics concerns what is real; naive metaphysics concerns natures of things
[Fine,K]
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8282
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Only metaphysics can decide whether identity survives through change
[Lowe]
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16127
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Metaphysics tells us what there could be, rather than what there is
[Lowe]
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16415
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Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality
[Hofweber]
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22611
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Metaphysics can criticise interpretations of science theories, and give good feedback
[Ingthorsson]
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