"All the Power in the World" by Peter Unger [Book Review]
The Times Literary Supplement 1 (2007)
Abstract
Peter Unger has changed his views somewhat since he wrote three famous
philosophical papers – “I do not exist”, “Why there are no people” and “Why there
are no ordinary things” – in 1979. He now thinks not only that there are people, that
he does exist and that there are ordinary things, but also that any adequate philosophy
– what he calls any “humanly realistic philosophy” – must begin by acknowledging
these facts. Believers in ordinary things will be relieved. However, Unger now thinks
that these ordinary truths are put under pressure by what he calls the “scientiphical
metaphysic” which dominates contemporary philosophy. He labels this metaphysical
view “scientiphicalism”, because it is neither entirely scientific nor entirely
philosophical, but some unholy blend of the two. The main burden of his long new
book is to launch an attack on scientiphicalism.
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