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The size of the universe against robust realism

Elson, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-8030 (2025) The size of the universe against robust realism. Ethics. ISSN 1539-297X (In Press)

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Abstract/Summary

Does the vast and empty universe have metaethical upshots, perhaps supporting metaethical nihilism or at least counting against robust moral realism? Philosophers have not been kind to this cliché, and most think Thomas Nagel and Guy Kahane refuted it. I argue using Inference to Best Explanation that the huge empty skies should indeed make us less confident that anything robustly matters.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy
ID Code:123880
Publisher:University of Chicago Press

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