Tag Archives: Brian Leiter

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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Thomas Nagel’s Several Realisms

1. As I said in my immediately previous post, one of the lines of pursuit of the aims of After Aristotle is that of “engaging myself in the major issues animating the contemporary philosophical conversation.” One such issue is that … Continue reading

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