Fine, Kit

Philosopher British Born 1947 (age 79)

Developed metaphysics of essence and truthmaker theory.

396 quotes

"The problem of change shows why metaphysics matters for life"
Philosophy
"In logic, the devil truly resides in the details"
Knowledge
"Substance and accident are categories that illuminate human existence"
Wisdom
"The possible worlds framework extends our understanding of reality"
Knowledge
"Tropes and bundles offer new ways to think about objects"
Philosophy
"Identity criteria reveal what we value in the world"
Truth
"The structure of time deserves as much attention as the structure of space"
Science
"Particulars and universals dance together in the architecture of being"
Philosophy
"To deny abstract objects is to impoverish our ontology"
Knowledge
"Causation is not mysterious once we understand its fine structure"
Science
"The concept of essence guides us toward what is genuinely real"
Wisdom
"Events are the verbs in the sentence of existence"
Philosophy
"Grounding explains why some truths depend on others"
Knowledge
"The composition question reveals how wholes arise from parts"
Philosophy
"Persistence conditions define what an object fundamentally is"
Truth
"The mind-body problem teaches humility about the limits of reduction"
Science
"Objects carve nature at its joints through their essential properties"
Wisdom
"Quantification over abstract entities is not mystical but necessary"
Knowledge
"The principle of non-contradiction is foundational to all thinking"
Philosophy
"Dispositions show that properties are often hidden and complex"
Science
"The concept of supervenience reveals layers of dependence in reality"
Knowledge
"Conventional objects exist but require human purposes to do so"
Philosophy
"The distinction between rigid and contingent designators matters deeply"
Truth
"Counterfactual dependence is the true measure of causation"
Wisdom
"Metaphysics is not idle speculation but the foundation of understanding"
Education
"Being itself divides into categories that illuminate everything else"
Philosophy
"The syntax of thought mirrors the syntax of reality"
Knowledge
"Objects are bundles of properties held together by identity"
Science
"The principle of plenitude suggests more exists than we imagine"
Hope
"Time's arrow is not in time but in our understanding of change"
Philosophy