Radical Realism : : Direct Knowledge in Science and Philosophy / / Edward Pols.

In this eloquent and original book, Edward Pols challenges the linguistic consensus that has dominated Anglo-American philosophy in this century. Against the consensus assumption that the only reality question is about the relation between language and the real, he argues that philosophy is about th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1992
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Scandal of Radical Realism
  • 3. The Linguistic Consensus
  • 4. Realism versus Antirealism: The Venue of the Linguis tic Consensus
  • 5. Radical Realism: The Venue of Direct Knowing
  • 6. Nine Theses about Science, Common Sense, and First Philosophy
  • 7. First Philosophy and the Reflexivity of Direct Knowing
  • Index