Full Idea
The demand to unify the special sciences with physics is, according to us, the motivation for having any metaphysics at all.
Gist of Idea
The aim of metaphysics is to unite the special sciences with physics
Source
J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 4.1)
Book Reference
Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.194
A Reaction
The crunch question is whether metaphysicians are allowed to develop their own concepts for this task, or whether they can only make links between the concepts employed by the scientists. I vote for the former.