Claims that metaphysics, rather than science, is the necessary foundation for scientific knowledge are false and revive pre-Enlightenment mystic scholasticism.
Metaphysical inquiry is context-sensitive and value-laden yet can still aim to describe the world's objective structure, with historical scholarship assessing nonepistemic values.
Why There Is Something Instead of Nothing May Be All About Perspective
Claiming the quantum vacuum disproves 'nothing' commits a category error: quantum fluctuations are something, so the philosophical question remains unanswered.
Radical conservatives challenge liberal democratic ideals, advocating for a metaphysical framework that questions Enlightenment values in the face of global geopolitical shifts.
