The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things (168 page)

Frege’s view that arithmetic is a branch of logic

See also
geometry
,
set theory
,
topology

matters of fact.

Hume’s distinction between relations of ideas and matters of fact

meaning: construed evaluatively

sense and meaning construed evaluatively.

See also
linguistic sense
,
propositional sense and sense-making
,
semantic empiricism
,
varieties of sense and sense-making

Melia, Joseph
321n49
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337n21
,
353n29

Mellor, D.H.
330n2

meta-metaphysics
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–138),
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–192,
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331
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589

metaphysics: and philosophy as activities
223
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301
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365
–366,
394n70
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,
438
,
527
–528

and philosophy contrasted with science
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510n35
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588n7
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as a humanistic discipline
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347
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458
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477
,
602
–604

as an art
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254
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479
–484 passim,
492
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510
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512
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539
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,
587n5

as a science
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480

descriptive
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See
descriptive metaphysics

good versus bad

history of
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–516,
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–526,
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–533,
539n75
,
595

history of metaphysics its importance importance of metaphysics naturalistic metaphysics and philosophy

See
naturalistic
,
of presence

naturalistic metaphysics and philosophy

See
of presence

of space and time

under
space
and
time philosophy in relation to philosophy in relation to metaphysics revisionary metaphysics sense as a focus of sense as a focus of metaphysics traditional metaphysics. Collingwood’s view of metaphysics as part of history Dummett on the relation between logic and metaphysics making sense of making sense as an integral part of metaphysics meta-metaphysics ‘metaphysics’ (the word) self-conscious reflection as an integral part of metaphysics varieties of sense and sense-making
vis-à-vis
metaphysics

See
revisionary
,
traditional

revisionary metaphysics sense as a focus of sense as a focus of metaphysics traditional metaphysics. Collingwood’s view of metaphysics as part of history Dummett on the relation between logic and metaphysics making sense of making sense as an integral part of metaphysics meta-metaphysics ‘metaphysics’ (the word) self-conscious reflection as an integral part of metaphysics varieties of sense and sense-making
vis-à-vis
metaphysics

See
traditional

traditional metaphysics. Collingwood’s view of metaphysics as part of history Dummett on the relation between logic and metaphysics making sense of making sense as an integral part of metaphysics meta-metaphysics ‘metaphysics’ (the word) self-conscious reflection as an integral part of metaphysics varieties of sense and sense-making
vis-à-vis
metaphysics

See also
Wittgensteinian construal of metaphysics as a search for clarity of understanding

‘metaphysics’ (the word)
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–100,
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–583

Carnap’s rejection of what he calls ‘metaphysics’ Hume’s rejection of what he calls ‘metaphysics’

method of doubt.

Descartes’ method of doubt

Michelangelo
417n28

Minerva
174n37

owl of
See
owl of Minerva

Mink, Louis
501

Molière
375n9

monadology.

Leibniz’ idealism/monadology

Monet, Claude
587n5

Moore, A.W.
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Moore, G.E.
2n1

morality
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Nietzsche’s assault on

Nietzsche’s assault on morality

See
versus ethics
,
ethics versus morality

Murdoch, Iris
527n40

mysticism
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,
252n79
,
423
,
482
–483,
492

See also
non-propositional knowledge and understanding
,
Wittgenstein, ineffability in his early work

non-propositional sense and sense-making

See also
Wittgenstein, ineffability in his early work

Nagel, Thomas
38
–39,
330n2
,
343n29

naturalism
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304n5
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Hume’s

Hume’s naturalism Husserl’s rejection of Husserl’s rejection of naturalism Quine’s, Quine’s naturalism Spinoza’s Spinoza’s naturalism.

See also
naturalistic metaphysics and philosophy
,
physicalism

naturalistic metaphysics and philosophy
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–344,
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–348,
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‘natural’ sense-making
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–455 passim,
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–465,
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–508),
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necessity and possibility
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