Whence Original Inquiry?

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Authors: Fatema Amijee
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Abstract

Can inquiry begin with a standpoint that is maximally non-committal or without presupposition? And if it can, what value might there be in such presupposition-free inquiry? I answer negatively on both fronts: such presupposition-free inquiry is neither possible for us, nor the only way available to us for knowing what our world is really like. I begin by defending these two claims. I then discuss how Fiocco’s (2024) recent book Time and the World: Every Thing and Then Some poses a direct challenge to my position, and how that challenge might be overcome.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Epistemology Ethics and Metaphysics Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies Philosophy Science and History

Publication details

Journal / source
Analysis
Publication date
5 January 2026
Language
EN