Epistemology and Anti-Metaphysics

Epistemology without Metaphysics

Goal: alternative to dipstick model. (a) to avoid dubious metaphysics (b) to restore epistemology to its proper role Examples: justification of induction justification of logic (c) to allow for a better account of change in fundamental norms. Focus today mostly on (a).

Epistemology and Metaphysics: A Theological Critique

Epistemology is the discipline which analyzes the limits of knowledge while asserting universal principles for any particular discipline. Metaphysics is the discipline which attempts to discern the essence of what really exists while asserting particular means for the implementation of universals. In a sense, epistemology and metaphysics are companions. Epistemology is theoretical while metaphy...

Rorty, Putnam, and the Pragmatist View of Epistemology and Metaphysics

Although Dewey's influence has remained strong amongst the community of educators, his reputation amongst philosophers has had a remarkably volatile history. He was unquestionably the most influential figure in American philosophy until his death in 1952. Almost immediately after his death, however, Dewey's writings almost completely disappeared from the American philosophy syllabus. They were ...

A Ghazalian Predicament Epistemology and Metaphysics of Causation in the Works of Ghazali

Part Ii: Metaphysics Part I: Epistemology Terms of Epistemic Appraisal

Roderick Chisholm’s work spans six decades and an impressive range of subjects. His books and articles on Brentano and Meinong, together with his work as a translator and editor, and as director of the Brentano Foundation, brought Anglo-American analytic philosophy back into contact with the riches of the Austrian philosophical tradition. He wrote several important papers on the foundations of ...