Episode Synopsis "What is Metaphysics? How does it apply in todays world? with Peter Simons"

Metaphysics has been pronounced dead by scholarly leaders multiple times, but keeps coming back. Why...? Logician and Chair of Moral Philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, Peter Simons, speaks with Sophie on the history and definition of Metaphysics, or 'Science of First Principles' or 'The Most General Concepts, whatever' and how it applies today. (Expect to hear concepts like 'whiteness' and 'tableness' and 'paperness')Originally aired on Dublin City FM 103.2 May 23, 2016

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