Pursuit of a novel meta-metaphysics based on reinterpretation of the methodology of analytic philosophy

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Koyama Tora 大阪大学, 基礎工学研究科, 特任助教 (80600519)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 分析哲学 / 形而上学 / メタ形而上学 / 概念分析 / 概念合成 / 学際研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is a major finding of this research project that the reinterpretation of conceptual analysis as conceptual synthesis yields a possibility for the removal of the tension between conceptual analysis and naturalism, both of which supposedly the standard analytic philosophers embrace. Another finding is that as the consequence of the removal, three novel arguments are advanced, respectively, of modal realism, temporal ontology, and the truthmaker theory. Additionally, it is also shown that conceptual synthesis is useful as the basis of interdisciplinary research.

Free Research Field

分析哲学、形而上学