The problem of realism / edited by Michele Marsonet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marsonet, Michele.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realism.

Physical Description:

viii, 217 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

2 A Naturalistic Defence of Realism / Michael Devitt 12

3 Metaphysical and Scientific Realism / Evandro Agazzi 35

4 Realism, Method, and Truth / Howard Sankey 64

5 The Real Distinction between Persons and their Bodies / Christopher Hughes 82

6 A Realistic Account of Causation / Wesley C. Salmon 106

7 Realism and Anti-Realism from an Epistemological Point of View / Paolo Parrini 135

8 Realism vs Nominalism about the Dispositional

Non-Dispositional Distinction / Mark Sainsbury 160

9 Scientific Realism without Reference / Pierre Cruse, David Papineau 174

10 The Limits of Realism / Michele Marsonet 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-213) and index.

ISBN:

0754614662

OCLC:

46731136