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J. B. Becker Arenhart

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Open access Oct 2026

Understanding metaphysical misunderstanding: (non-)individuals and the metaphysical nature of quantum objects

Deep scientific realism is scientific realism plus the claim that science requires a metaphysical interpretation. Metaphysics is supposed to fill an intelligibility gap: science by itself, it is argued, does not provide a clear image of reality. The metaphysics needed to deliver the goods comes from a toolbox of concep...

Raoni Arroyo, J. B. Becker Arenhart · Synthese · 0 citations

Open access Oct 2026

Losing the goal, finding the way: a dilemma for realist naturalistic metaphysics

Difficulties with the epistemology of metaphysics are often thought to be remedied by naturalizing the field. In this paper, two proposals for such a kind of metaphysics are examined. These proposals face a dilemma: one of them reduces metaphysics to a mere ontological catalog of scientific posits, while the other reve...

Raoni Arroyo, J. B. Becker Arenhart · European Journal for Philoso... · 0 citations