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Full Idea
If there is no way of settling metaphysical questions, then who cares whether or not they make sense?
Gist of Idea
If metaphysics can't be settled, it hardly matters whether it makes sense
Source
Kit Fine (The Question of Realism [2001], 4 n20)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophers' Imprint' [-], p.13
A Reaction
This footnote is aimed at logical positivists, who seemed to worry about whether metaphysics made sense, and also dismissed its prospects even if it did make sense.