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828David Lewis, Donald C. Williams, and the History of Metaphysics in the Twentieth CenturyJournal of the American Philosophical Association 1 (1): 3--22. 2015.The revival of analytic metaphysics in the latter half of the twentieth century is typically understood as a consequence of the critiques of logical positivism, Quine’s naturalization of ontology, Kripke’s Naming and Necessity, clarifications of modal notions in logic, and the theoretical exploitation of possible worlds. However, this explanation overlooks the work of metaphysicians at the height of positivism and linguisticism that affected metaphysics of the late twentieth century. Donald C. W…Read more
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