Ideas from 'Ambitious, yet modest, Metaphysics' by Thomas Hofweber [2009], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Metametaphysics' (ed/tr Chalmers/Manley/Wasserman) [OUP 2009,978-0-19-954600-8]].
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science
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Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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Science has discovered properties of things, so there are properties - so who needs metaphysics?
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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The quantifier in logic is not like the ordinary English one (which has empty names, non-denoting terms etc)
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