Defending realism : ontological and epistemological investigations / edited by Guido Bonino, Greg Jesson, and Javier Cumpa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonino, Guido, editor.

Cumpa, Javier, 1983- editor.

Jesson, Greg, editor.

Series:

Eide ; v. 7.

Eide, 2198-1841 ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays in this volume, first presented at an international conference held at the University of Urbino, Italy, in 2011, explore the different senses of realism, arguing both for and against its distinctive theses and considering these senses from a historical point of view. The first sense is the metaphysical thesis that whatever exists does so, and has the properties it has, independently of whether it is the object of a person's thought or perception. The second sense of realism is epistemological, wherein realism claims that, in some cases, it is possible to know the world as it exists in and of itself. A third sense, which has become known as ontological realism, states that universals exist as well as individuals. The essays collected here make new contributions to these fundamental philosophical issues, which have largely defined western analytic philosophy, from Plato and Aristotle to the present day.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Foreword

Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds / Carrara, Massimiliano / Gaio, Silvia / Soavi, Marzia

Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity / Dolev, Yuval

Proof of the Existence of Universals -from a Fallibilist / Johansson, Ingvar

Methodological Cartesianism / Landini, Gregory

The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability / Morato, Vittorio

Temporal Realism and the R-Theory / Oaklander, L. Nathan

Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense? / Wilson, Fred

Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe's Criticism / Cumpa, Javier

Why Realism Needs Ontology / Gadenne, Volker

The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism / Jesson, Greg

Metaphysical Realism and Castañeda's Minimal Transcendental Realism / Orilia, Francesco

Realism and Intentionality / Tegtmeier, Erwin

Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counter examples / Alai, Mario

Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities / Barwich, Ann-Sophie

Does Bell's Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism? / Bombardi, Ron

Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp / Vision, Gerald

The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule / Weiss, Bernhard

On Russell's Robust Sense of Reality / Bonino, Guido

Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs / Fréchette, Guillaume

Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute / Jacquette, Dale

What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist? / Verstegen, IAN

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781614516651

1614516650

9781614519300

1614519307

OCLC:

979582169