Naturalized metaphysics or displacing metaphysicians to save metaphysics

Abstract Naturalized metaphysics aims to establish justified metaphysical claims, where is meant carry its usual significance, while avoiding the traditional methods of metaphysics—a priori reasoning, conceptual analysis, intuitions, and common sense—which naturalized argues are not epistemically probative. After offering an explication what it means do metaphysics, this paper that at outset, hospitable doing metaphysics. The underdetermination by science, however, changes picture. has break underdetermination, but criticism leaves no resources with which so. must therefore be more restrictive than originally intended ensure some features avoid underdetermination. In metaphysicians only left task surveying opinions scientists which, argued, does qualify as Thus, fulfill promise save displaces metaphysician. Furthermore, attempt re-employ them via principle naturalistic closure argued fail. Metaphysicians should happier they explicitly eliminative trends in contemporary metametaphysics, such neo-Carnapian deflationism, despite likely Carnap’s dismay, deliver claims about ultimate reality.