ABSTRACT
To get the metaphysics of causation right, one will need to draw upon a metaphysical worldview. In this chapter, the author articulates and motivates a metaphysical system that includes facets of the metametaphysic needed to construct the theory of singular deterministic causation espoused in this book. The nature of meaning and truth become relevant to the study of causation at numerous junctures. The author's metaphysical system includes principles and directives that partially constitute a metaphysical methodology that is at odds with other proposals, including Theodore Sider's new-fangled Humeanism. Scientific structural realisms of various kinds have been the subject of much discussion in contemporary philosophy of physics and metaphysics of science. Metaphysical system and metaphysical worldview building must be done with a choice logic, choice quantifiers, and choice predicates. According to the reigning consensus in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science, concepts are mental representations that are expressed by constituents of compositional thoughts in larger internal representational systems.
