Screen LibraryDefending realism : ontological and epistemological investigations /
The essays collected in this volume explore the fundamental issues of philosophical realism, including metaphysical realism: Do things exist and have properties independently of being objects of thought or perception? epistemological realism: Is it possible to know any part of reality in and of itse...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The essays collected in this volume explore the fundamental issues of philosophical realism, including metaphysical realism: Do things exist and have properties independently of being objects of thought or perception? epistemological realism: Is it possible to know any part of reality in and of itself? and ontological realism: Are there universals? This book provides a welcome resource for philosophers and for advanced philosophy students. |
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1 online resource(444pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9781614516651 |
| Index Number: | B835 |
| CLC: | B089 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds / Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity / Proof of the Existence of Universals from a Fallibilist / Methodological Cartesianism / The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability / Temporal Realism and the R-Theory / Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense? / Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe s Criticism / Why Realism Needs Ontology / The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism / Metaphysical Realism and Casta eda s Minimal Transcendental Realism / Realism and Intentionality / Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counterexamples / Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities / Does Bell s Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism? / Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp / The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule / On Russell s Robust Sense of Reality / Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs / Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute / What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist? / |