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Found Guilty by Association: In Defence of the Quinean Criterion (2016)
Journal Article
Egerton, K. (2018). Found Guilty by Association: In Defence of the Quinean Criterion. Ratio, 31(1), 37-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12150

Much recent work in metaontology challenges the so-called ‘Quinean tradition’ in metaphysics. Especially prominently, Amie Thomasson argues for a highly permissive ontology over ontologies which eliminate many entities. I am concerned with disputing... Read More about Found Guilty by Association: In Defence of the Quinean Criterion.

Getting off the Inwagen: A Critique of Quinean Metaontology (2016)
Journal Article
Egerton, K. (2016). Getting off the Inwagen: A Critique of Quinean Metaontology. Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy, 4(6), 23. https://doi.org/10.15173/jhap.v4i6.2962

Much contemporary ontological inquiry takes place within the so-called ‘Quinean tradition’ but, given that some aspects of Quine’s project have been widely abandoned even by those who consider themselves Quineans, it is unclear what this amounts to.... Read More about Getting off the Inwagen: A Critique of Quinean Metaontology.