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Full Idea
The form of argument which sells an ontology on the basis a metaphysic is known as an 'argument-by-display'.
Gist of Idea
Promoting an ontology by its implied good metaphysic is an 'argument-by-display'
Source
Neil E. Williams (The Powers Metaphysics [2019], 01.2)
Book Ref
Williams,Neil E.: 'The Powers Metaphysics' [OUP 2019], p.4
A Reaction
[Attributed to John Bigelow 1999] New to me, but I'm quite a fan of this. For example, my rejection of platonism is not based on specific arguments, but on looking at the whole platonic picture of reality.
Related Idea
Idea 23768 A metaphysic is a set of wider explanations derived from a basic ontology [Williams,NE]