Lee, Chanwoo (2023) What Analytic Metaphysics Can Do For Scientific Metaphysics. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The apparent chasm between two camps in metaphysics, analytic metaphysics and scientific metaphysics, is well recognized. I argue that the relationship between them is not necessarily a rivalry; a division of labour that resembles the relationship between pure mathematics and science is possible. As a case study, I look into the metaphysical underdetermination argument for ontic structural realism, a well-known position in scientific metaphysics, together with an argument for the position in analytic metaphysics known as ontological nihilism. I argue that we can ascribe the same schema to both arguments, which indicates that analytic metaphysics can offer an abstract model that scientific metaphysics may find useful.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Lee, Chanwoo 0000-0003-2778-504X
Keywords:	analytic metaphysics, metaphysical underdetermination, ontic structural realism, ontological nihilism, scientific metaphysics
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Chanwoo Lee
Date Deposited:	18 May 2023 15:10
Last Modified:	18 May 2023 15:10
Item ID:	22118
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12379
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	May 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22118

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