Liston, Michael (2011) Duhemian Lessons for Metaphysicians. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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In this paper I discuss lessons that metaphysicians might learn from Duhem. Given Duhem’s well known antipathy to metaphysics, you will likely think that this is a fairly inauspicious beginning with a predictable ending: i.e., physics is one thing, metaphysics another, and never the twain shall meet. If you will bear with me, however, I hope to persuade you differently. On the contrary, I will argue, Duhem was both a common sense and metaphysical realist, his nuanced views about the relationship between physics and metaphysics are poorly understood, and properly understood contain important lessons for contemporary metaphysics. I’ll spend most of the paper rehabilitating Duhem and finish with some lessons for metaphysicians.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Liston, Michael mnliston@uwm.edu
Keywords:	Duhem, metaphysics, physics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Depositing User:	michael liston
Date Deposited:	31 May 2011 10:47
Last Modified:	31 May 2011 10:47
Item ID:	8636
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Date:	October 2011
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8636

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