Realist Enough? Not Quite: On the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Reasons Fundamentalism

Abstract

This paper critiques some aspects of T.M. Scanlon’s meta-normative theory. The first chapter examines Scanlon’s metaphysically deflated account of existence and argues that it fails to sufficiently ground normativity. The second chapter examines Scanlon’s analogy between mathematics and normativity and argues that it does not support non-naturalism about normativity.