Ep. 26: "An Apology for Naturalized Metaphysics", James Ladyman (deep dive featuring the author!)

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For this episode, I’m joined by Professor James Ladyman to discuss his paper "An Apology for Naturalized Metaphysics", published in 2017 by Oxford University Press in Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science edited by Matthew Slater and Zanja Yudell. James is professor of philosophy at the University of Bristol.

We discuss the nature of truth, disagreement in metaphysics and in science, conceptual conservatism and innovation, breaking free from the manifest image and much more.

Link to the paper: https://philpapers.org/rec/LADAAF
More about James: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/james-a-c-ladyman

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