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'Writing the Book of the World', 'Word and Object' and 'Barcan Formulae'
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
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Your metaphysics is 'cheating' if your ontology won't support the beliefs you accept [Sider]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
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Quine's naturalistic and empirical view is based entirely on first-order logic and set theory [Quine, by Mautner]
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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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Extreme doubts about metaphysics also threaten to undermine the science of unobservables [Sider]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
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Enquiry needs a conceptual scheme, so we should retain the best available [Quine]
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It seems unlikely that the way we speak will give insights into the universe [Sider]
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