Abstract:
“Substantivity” is the metaphysician’s term for the legitimacy of metaphysical inquiry. In light of the worry that extant accounts of substantivity do not accommodate social metaphysics I develop an account of substantivity in terms of explanatory power. I show that this approach accommodates social metaphysics and offers a plausible basis for a general metametaphysics.
Bio:
Dr. Elanor Taylor is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. She works on questions about metaphysics, particularly metaphysics of science and social metaphysics.
