Pragmatism, Metaphysical Quietism, and the Problem of Normativity

Philosophical Topics 36 (1):193-209 (2008)
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There has always existed in the world, and there will always continue to exist, some kind of metaphysics, and with it the dialectic that is natural to pure reason. It is therefore the first and most important task of philosophy to deprive metaphysics, once and for all, of its injurious influence, by attacking its errors at their source. - Kant CPR:B xxxi..

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