Listen "The Great Substitution: Metaphysics to Metaphysics"
Episode Synopsis
This segment discusses an essay titled "The Great Substitution: From Metaphysics to Metaphysics," written by independent scholar Bry Willis in 2025. The core argument is that modern philosophy's attempts to abolish metaphysics have merely resulted in a "Great Substitution," where metaphysical frameworks are continually replaced by new systems under different names, such as dataism, scientism, or transcendental idealism. Willis genealogically traces this recursion through thinkers like Kant, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, arguing that categories like reason, history, structure, language, and information function as new theological or ontological grounds. The essay proposes a corrective philosophical stance called Dis–Integration, which advocates for using metaphysical frameworks as temporary infrastructure rather than worshipping them as eternal truths, thus focusing on maintenance over mastery or abolition.https://philosophics.blog/2025/11/11/the-great-substitution-from-metaphysics-to-metaphysics/
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