Arroyo, Raoni and Arenhart, Jonas R. Becker (2022) The epistemic value of metaphysics. Synthese, 200 (337). ISSN 1573-0964
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It is sometimes argued that, given its detachment from our current most successful science, analytic metaphysics has no epistemic value because it contributes nothing to our knowledge of reality. Relatedly, it is also argued that metaphysics properly constrained by science can avoid that problem. In this paper we argue, however, that given the current understanding of the relation between science and metaphysics, metaphysics allegedly constrained by science suffers the same fate as its unconstrained sister; that is, what is currently thought of as scientifically respectful metaphysics may end up also being without epistemic value. The core of our claim is that although much emphasis is put on the supposed difference between unconstrained analytic metaphysics, in opposition to scientifically constrained metaphysics, it is largely forgotten that no clear constraining relation of metaphysics by science is yet available.
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| Additional Information: | To appear in Synthese. | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Analytic metaphysics; Epistemology of metaphysics; Metaphysics of science; Scientific metaphysics; Value of metaphysics | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics | |||||||||
| Depositing User: | Dr. Raoni Arroyo | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2025 12:35 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2025 12:35 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 25396 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-0... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-022-03833-5 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics | |||||||||
| Date: | 26 July 2022 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 200 | |||||||||
| Number: | 337 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25396 |
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