Prolegomena: Ontological Commitments (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

Aug 18 2020 | 01:23:06

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Show Notes

Explaining Crispin’s position on explanatory unity ... Dan: Meaning is part of social reality, it’s not all in our heads ... What is the substance of our ontological commitments? ... Why Dan thinks philosopher W.V.O. Quine is almost right ... The conspicuous absence of philosophers from the public discourse about values ... Metaphysics is not as complicated and important as people think it is ...

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