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Has philosophy lost its stories? | Galen Strawson, Patricia Churchland, Hilary Lawson

Philosophy For Our Times

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Is There a Future for Metaphysics?

i think there was a time when er metaphysics was under attack from people thought you couldn't make overall claims about the nature of the world, r and our relationship to it. I don't think they'de a description of some ultimate reality. They are not descriptions of stuff out there. They are tools help us intervene. And so in an overall way, yes, i think we should be building metaphysical stories about our overall situation. In fact, i don't think we can avoid doing that. But i think we have to give up the idea that any one of them might uncover the ultimate truth of how things are.

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