Category Archives: Metaphysics

Aristotelian Realism in the Theory of Universals of Feser’s The Last Superstition

1. In my immediately previous post I took up the theory of universals, taking as my point of departure Edward Feser’s review, in The Last Superstition,* of realism in the theory of universals, more specifically Platonist realism. In that post … Continue reading

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A Note on Metaphysics, in Partial Response to Peter Hacker’s “Why Study Philosophy?”

0. In “Why study philosophy?,” a note posted to his Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog, Brian Leiter points us to an article, also bearing the title, “Why Study Philosophy,” posted at iai news* and written by Peter Hacker, Emeritus research … Continue reading

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