CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Kapelner, Zsolt Kristóf |
|---|---|
| Title | Reconciling Quinean and neo-Aristotelian Metaontology |
| Summary | In recent decades the Quinean paradigm of metaontology has been exposed to wide-ranging criticism. Some authors have attempted to deflate the Quinean project claiming that ontological investigations are altogether futile, while others aimed at providing alternatives to Quineanism. One such proposal is that of neo-Aristotelianism, a fairly recent school of thought advocated by Kit Fine, E. J. Lowe, Jonathan Schaffer, and many others, who employ a broadly Aristotelian approach in order to replace Quinean metaontology. I argue that neoAristotelianism is not a genuine alternative to Quineanism. That is to say, Quineans can accept the main tenets of neo- Aristotelianism and incorporate them into their own outlook thus improving it. In other words, neo-Aristotelianism does not succeed in overcoming or transcending Quineanism. |
| Supervisor | Goff, Philip |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/kapelner_zsolt-kristof.pdf |
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