Defending Realism

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Defending Realism

Ontological and Epistemological Investigations

Edited by: Guido Bonino, Greg Jesson and Javier Cumpa

Volume 7 in the series Eide

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614516651

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About this book

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 isthe 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 worldas it exists in and of itself.A third sense, whichhas 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.

Author information

Guido Bonino, University of Turin, Italy; Javier Cumpa, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Greg Jesson, Luther College, Iowa, USA.

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Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds Massimiliano Carrara, Silvia Gaio and Marzia Soavi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity Yuval Dolev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Proof of the Existence of Universals —from a Fallibilist Ingvar Johansson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Methodological Cartesianism Gregory Landini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability Vittorio Morato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Temporal Realism and the R-Theory L. Nathan Oaklander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense? Fred Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe’s Criticism Javier Cumpa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Why Realism Needs Ontology Volker Gadenne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism Greg Jesson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Metaphysical Realism and Castañeda’s Minimal Transcendental Realism Francesco Orilia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Realism and Intentionality Erwin Tegtmeier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counterexamples Mario Alai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities Ann-Sophie Barwich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Does Bell’s Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism? Ron Bombardi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp Gerald Vision Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule Bernhard Weiss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
On Russell’s Robust Sense of Reality Guido Bonino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs Guillaume Fréchette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute Dale Jacquette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist? IAN Verstegen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Main content: 444
Keywords: Realism; idealism; ontology

eBook

Published: December 11, 2014
ISBN: 9781614516651

Hardcover

Published: October 27, 2014
ISBN: 9781614517696