Does it Make a Difference Whether We are Monists or Pluralists? Metametaphysical Reflections on Monism in Jonathan Schaffer and Hegel’s Realphilosophien

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ID21604241
AuthorsAna-Silvia Munte (University of Tübingen, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume32
Issue5
Pages700-724
Publication date2024-10-19
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-2559 • E-ISSN: 1466-4542
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09672559.2025.2482911
OpenAlexW4409075452
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited36

The attention metaphysical monism has received over the past decades from philosophers across the analytic-continental spectrum has become common knowledge. The paper explores this topic from a metametaphysical standpoint by asking what difference it makes whether one endorses monism or pluralism. To show how the answer depends on the theoretical framework within which monism is formulated, I will focus on two versions of monism: Jonathan Schaffer’s priority monism and Hegel’s monism of spirit in his 1830 Encyclopedia. I argue that following Schaffer’s framework, it does not make much of a difference whether we endorse monism or pluralism. Following Hegel’s framework, however, endorsing monism matters because the alternative (i.e. pluralism) proves incoherent

Epistemology · Hegelianism · Monism · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History

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