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Pragmatist Metaphysics: An Essay on the Ethical Grounds of Ontology

Sami Pihlström

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Preface 1. Introduction 2. Realism, truthmaking, and a pragmatist view on truth and reality 3. The transcendental method in pragmatist metaphysics 4. Seeking a via media: metaphysical conflicts pragmatically reconsidered 5. The ethical grounds of metaphysics 6. Modal and moral realisms 7. Pragmatism and religious metaphysics References Index.

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Key concepts: Metaphysics, Pragmatism, Transcendental number, Epistemology, Philosophy, Realism, Ontology