Research summary
Metaphysics studies the most general questions about the nature of reality—but the nature of metaphysics itself has long been controversial. Philosopher Immanuel Kant argued that it should be reinterpreted as the study of our experience of the world, not about the world “in itself.”
Dr. Nicholas Stang, Canada Research Chair in Metaphysics and its History, aims to apply these Kantian arguments to contemporary metaphysics. Ultimately, he and his research team are trying to better understand the nature of metaphysical questions and how to answer them.