Nagel on Stroud on the possibility of metaphysics

Much of modern philosophy has been hypnotized by the idea that causality, necessity, and value are not features of objective reality but merely features the human mind projects onto reality. David Hume is, of course, the main hypnotist in this connection. In his important book Engagement and Metaphysical Dissatisfaction , Barry Stroud holds that the arguments for this skeptical attitude do not…