Kit Fine Quotes
Kit Fine is a British philosopher, university professor at New York University, and one of the most influential contemporary metaphysicians and philosophical logicians. His early work on the semantics of modal logic and the formal theory of arbitrary objects gave way to his magisterial program in metaphysics, in which the notions of essence, ground, and ontological dependence are restored to a central place that they had been denied in much of twentieth-century analytic philosophy. The quotes below are attributed to Kit Fine, organized by topic.
Kit Fine on Knowledge
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Attributed to Kit Fine:
“Logic without metaphysics is empty; metaphysics without logic is blind.”
Kit Fine on Nature
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Attributed to Kit Fine:
“Some entities exist in virtue of others; this is the heart of ontology.”
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“Reality is many-leveled, and philosophy must respect its layers.”
Kit Fine on Truth
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“Essence is not reducible to necessity; many necessary truths are not essential to anything.”
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“Grounding is the metaphysical analogue of justification.”