Modesty, Esotericism and Ineffability: Remarks on Hofweber

Analysis 78 (2):291-303 (2018)
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In his Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics, Thomas Hofweber among other things presents a radical perspective on ontology and metaphysics. In this note, I critically discuss some of the points Hofweber makes.

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