Realism and explanatory priority / John Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, John (John N.)

Series:

Philosophical studies series ; v. 71.

Philosophical studies series ; v. 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realism.

Explanation.

Physical Description:

ix, 332 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1997]

Contents:

Chapter II What is the Realism/Anti-Realism Issue? 11

Chapter III A Theory of Dependence 54

Chapter IV The Explanatory Priority View of the Realism/Anti-Realism Issue 98

Chapter V Arguments for a Weak Form of Realism 125

Chapter VI A Strategy for Determining the Scope of Realism 141

Chapter VII Does Novel Success Need to be Explained by Truth? 152

Chapter VIII Epistemic Truth and the Explanation of Novel Confirmation 188

Chapter IX The Arguments Against Realism 233

Chapter X The Evidence for Realim-1: Evidence for Truth that is Independent of the Epistemic 271

Chapter XI The Evidence for Realism-II: The Evidence for Independence from Discourse 300.

Notes:

Some of the chapters were presented as papers at several conferences held at different universities between 1989 and 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index.

ISBN:

0792344847

OCLC:

36528122