Metametaphysics

Metametaphysics is a branch of philosophy that explores the foundations of metaphysics.

"Metaphysics is concerned with the foundations of reality. It asks questions about the nature of the world, such as: Aside from concrete objects, are there also abstract objects like numbers and properties? Does every event have a cause? What is the nature of possibility and necessity? When do several things make up a single bigger thing? Do the past and future exist? And so on.

Metametaphysics is concerned with the foundations of metaphysics. It asks: Do the questions of metaphysics really have answers? If so, are these answers substantive or just a matter of how we use words? And what is the best procedure for arriving at them—common sense? Conceptual analysis? Or assessing competing hypotheses with quasi-scientific criteria?"^[1]

References

1. ^ Chalmers, Manley, Wasserman, eds. Metametaphysics New Essays on the Foundations of Ontology Oxford University Press, 2009

External links

• Workshop on "Metametaphysics: Do Ontological Questions have Determinate Answers?" ANU 2005
• Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference 2007
• Workshop held at University of Turku, Finland, October 25-26, 2008