Metaphilosophy as a Unified Discipline

Since the 1960s, the emerging discipline of metaphilosophy has been burdened by the problem of the philosophical preconditioning of metaphilosophical theories. This issue is addressed through the epistemological framework of perspectivism. It is demonstrated that a profound understanding of perspectivity can positively influence the quality of metaphilosophical research, whose unity is only possible under the idea of a discourse oriented toward cross-perspective integration from the outset.

Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Perspectivism.- 2.1 The Conceptual-Logical Perspective.- 2.2 The Conceptual Basis.- 2.3 The Analytical Potential.- 3 Implicit Metaphilosophy.- 3.1 The Fundamental Question of Philosophy.- 3.2 The “Phenomenological Attitude”.- 3.3 The Overcoming of Metaphysics.- 4 Explicit Metaphilosophy.- 4.1 Progress in Philosophy.- 4.2 Pragmatic and Analytical Metaphilosophy.- 4.3 Meta-Metaphilosophy.- 5 Metaphilosophy as a Discipline.- 5.1 The Main Problem of Metaphilosophy.- 5.2 Exposition, Discursive Formations, and Criterion of Demarcation.- 5.3 Universality and Inclusivity.- 6 Concluding Remarks.

Dr. Michael Lewin teaches philosophy at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Potsdam. He was a research fellow of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, working on the project "How Is Metaphilosophy Possible as a Unified Discipline?" at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Institute of Philosophy in Landau.