Many think a respectable metaphysics ought to be in some way continuous with science. This paper identifies three broad and overlapping ways this idea has been developed: first, that science and metaphysics are methodologically continuous; second, that metaphysics is an attempt to synthesise scientific and non-scientific knowledge; and, third, that metaphysics is the project of interpreting our best scientific theories. The paper argues that all three projects, understood as attempts to uncover the truth, fail. It ends by sketching some alternative ways to think of metaphysical theorising once it is liberated from the goal of truth.

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关于形而上学与科学的连续性：一些怀疑和一些建议

许多人认为体面的形而上学应该以某种方式与科学保持一致。本文确定了这一思想的三种广泛而重叠的发展方式：首先，科学和形而上学在方法论上是连续的；第二，形而上学是综合科学知识和非科学知识的一种尝试；第三，形而上学是解释我们最好的科学理论的项目。该论文认为，所有三个项目，被理解为试图揭露真相，都失败了。最后，它勾勒出一些替代方法来思考形而上学理论，一旦它从真理的目标中解放出来。