How metaphysics is special: comments on Bennett

Philosophical Studies 173 (1):39-48 (2016)
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Abstract

Karen Bennett argues that there is no distinct problem with metaphysics, and she proposes a disjunctive conception of the subject matter of metaphysics. This paper critically examines her arguments and positive view. I defend that metaphysics prima facie is distinctly problematic, and I raise some questions about Bennett’s disjunctive conception of the subject matter of metaphysics and the a priori aspect of its methodology

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Thomas Hofweber
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