Rudolf Carnap's deflationary approach to ontology is once again attracting considerable interest and support. Eleven original essays by leading voices in metametaphysics deepen our understanding of Carnap's contributions to metaontology, and explore how his legacy can be mined for insights into the contemporary debate.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Stephan Blatti and Sandra Lapointe: Introduction
- 2: Thomas Hofweber: Carnap's Big Idea
- 3: Robert Kraut: Three Carnaps on Ontology
- 4: Alan Sidelle: Frameworks and Deflation in 'Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology' and Recent Metametaphysics
- 5: Stephen Biggs and Jessica Wilson: Carnap, the Necessary A Posteriori, and Metaphysical Nihilism
- 6: Eli Hirsch: Three Degrees of Carnapian Tolerance
- 7: Amie Thomasson: Carnap and the Prospects for Easy Ontology
- 8: Simon Evnine: Much Ado about Something-from-Nothing; or, Problems for Ontological Minimalism
- 9: Matti Eklund: Carnap's Legacy for the Contemporary Metaontological Debate
- 10: Richard Creath: Carnap and Ontology: Foreign Travel and Domestic Understanding
- 11: Greg Lavers: Carnap on Abstract and Theoretical Entities
- 12: Kathrin Koslicki: Questions of Ontology