人大外国哲学讲坛 2016秋季第三讲
日期：2016-12-08人大外国哲学讲坛
2016年秋季第叁讲
最佳形而上学说明推理
Inference to the Best Metaphysical Explanation
主讲人：Nick Stang（多伦多大学）
主持人：韩东晖教授
评议人：Daniel Lim副教授
- 时间：2016年12月14日星期叁下午3－5点
- 地点：中国人民大学人文楼五层会议室
主讲人介绍：加拿大多伦多大学哲学系助理教授，普林斯顿大学哲学博士（2008）。主要研究领域是形而上学及其历史（集中在德国哲学）。着有《康德的模态形而上学》（牛津大学出版社即出）。他对当代形而上学、美学、批判理论、早期分析哲学、数学哲学均有研究。
Abstract: Contemporary metaphysicians frequently justify their theories by inference to the best explanation (IBE): we are supposed to believe a given metaphysical theory because it gives a better explanation of some set of facts than its rivals. I raise a skeptical worry about IBE in metaphysics: why do metaphysical beliefs formed through IBE count as knowledge? I argue that even if we grant the metaphysician highly favourable metaphysical assumptions (that `metaphysical reality` has an explanatory structure) IBE does not generate knowledge unless we "carve nature at the joints" (Sider 2011). I then argue that no contemporary IBE-employing metaphysician has explained why we carve nature at the joints. I conclude that IBE-based metaphysics has no explanation of how knowledge in metaphysics is possible. I conclude by considering the consequences of this for IBE in the sciences and by examining alternative methods in metaphysics.
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