Putting Metaphysics First: Essays on Metaphysics and Epistemology, by Michael Devitt

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...

Introduction to Establishing Medical Reality: Essays in the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Biomedical Science

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 ...

By Peter Godfrey - Smith Theories and Models in Metaphysics METAPHYSICS

METAPHYSICS Peter Godfrey-Smith is professor of philosophy at Harvard University. He works primarily in the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of mind. He also has a more general interest in the philosophy of science, and makes excursions into metaphysics and epistemology. He has published two books so far: Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature (1996) and Theory and Reality (2003)...