BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T213611Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20130618T181500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20130618T191500 SUMMARY:Scientific metaphysics once again UID:20260613T125140Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:Old Quad\, Parkville\, Melbourne\, Australia DESCRIPTION:

In this paper I put forward a prospect of a metaphysical program that can be carried out within the Enlightenment project of the sciences. In my argument I address the following six issues. (i) I begin by defending the view that metaphysics\, if it is worth to be pursued\, should be in the quest of knowledge of reality just like the sciences. (ii) I outline the minimal epistemic\, methodological\, and ontological desiderata for a metaphysics that works hand-in-hand with the sciences.  \;(iii) I schematize three different arguments for rejecting standard a priori analytic metaphysics\, as it has been carried out over the last decades. (iv) I assess the contribution of common sense to metaphysical research\, proposing a weak-eliminativist approach to both its practical and theoretical dimensions. (v) I describe the two main tasks of scientific metaphysics\, viz.\, the examination of the boundaries of scientific ontology and the elaboration of a scientific view of reality. Finally\, (vi) I evaluate the viability of scientific metaphysics by considering\, first\, possible cases of the relation between science and metaphysics and\, second\, wether or not scientific metaphysics would still be philosophy. \;

ORGANIZER;CN=Severin Staalesen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR