Here I respond to the comments on Rethinking Metaphysics published in this journal by Cheryl Misak, Joshua Gert, John Heil, Javier Cumpa, and Otávio Bueno. Among other topics, I aim to show how the approach might apply to helping understand discourse about truth and morality, respond to various possible attempts to revive serious metaphysics, explain why we should not pursue a metaphysical ‘theory of everything’, say why I do not aim to give an ‘explanatory role’ to universals, and discuss how my approach relates to skepticism and empiricism.
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