On the Prospects of Naturalized Metaphysics

Scientific Metaphysics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chakravartty, Anjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

A posteriori; A priori; Grounding; Metaphysics; Naturalism; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921720430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199696499.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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