Timeline for Is metaphysics justified in its conclusions?
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| Sep 26, 2019 at 15:43 | comment | added | Ted Wrigley | I actually agree with Jobermark about metaphysics (though I don't think he realizes it); I just recognize that that agreement is by no means universal. I sincerely doubt that Justin would agree (as he seems to lean towards falsificationism) . | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 15:33 | comment | added | user20253 | I feel Jobermark is right in a way since metaphysics may be defined with reasonable precision. But as you say lots of well-known philosophers redefine it to include inappropriate questions or to exclude legitimate ones, so to me your answer seems helpful. | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 2:51 | comment | added | Ted Wrigley | I'm not talking about random commentators. You should read people like Russell, Popper, and Skinner more carefully. | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 1:44 | comment | added | user9166 | That not just me, it is history. Metaphysics is not what some random commentator on the street says it is, it is what philosophy now and historically says it is. But if those are negative examples, then nothing in your answer says anything about metaphysics, and it is not really addressing the question... It is a long comment, not an answer. | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 0:08 | comment | added | Ted Wrigley | Well, that's nice of you to say so, but you'd be surprised how many people I run across who disagree. That's part of what I was pointing at when I said the classification of metaphysics was overly-subjective. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 23:34 | comment | added | user9166 | Social psychology and quantum physics are not metaphysical, nor are their concepts. Even within philosophy, before they were separate domains, they belonged to domains of philosophy other than metaphysics: psychology and physics. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 15:36 | history | answered | Ted Wrigley | CC BY-SA 4.0 |