How to be an antirealist about metaphysical explanation
How to be an antirealist about metaphysical explanation
Antirealism about metaphysical explanation is relatively underexplored. This paper maps out the territory for the antirealist, explaining what it would take to be an antirealist given various different conceptions of metaphysical explanation, and of the relationship between metaphysical explanation and grounding
antirealism, explanation, grounding, metaphysical explanation
Thompson, Naomi
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21 March 2023
Thompson, Naomi
b382645c-7f77-428b-871a-8552466ec04d
Thompson, Naomi
(2023)
How to be an antirealist about metaphysical explanation.
Ratio.
(doi:10.1111/rati.12367).
Abstract
Antirealism about metaphysical explanation is relatively underexplored. This paper maps out the territory for the antirealist, explaining what it would take to be an antirealist given various different conceptions of metaphysical explanation, and of the relationship between metaphysical explanation and grounding
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 January 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 March 2023
Published date: 21 March 2023
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antirealism, explanation, grounding, metaphysical explanation
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/476287
ISSN: 0034-0006
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