Defending Realism : : Ontological and Epistemological Investigations /

Defending Realism : : Ontological and Epistemological Investigations / / ed. by Guido Bonino, Greg Jesson, Javier Cumpa.

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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 th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Alai, Mario,
Barwich, Ann-Sophie,
Bombardi, Ron,
Bonino, Guido,
Carrara, Massimiliano,
Cumpa, Javier,
Dolev, Yuval,
Fréchette, Guillaume,
Gadenne, Volker,
Gaio, Silvia,
Jacquette, Dale,
Jesson, Greg,
Johansson, Ingvar,
Landini, Gregory,
Morato, Vittorio,
Oaklander, L. Nathan,
Orilia, Francesco,
Soavi, Marzia,
Tegtmeier, Erwin,
Verstegen, IAN,
Vision, Gerald,
Weiss, Bernhard,
Wilson, Fred,
HerausgeberIn:
Bonino, Guido,
Cumpa, Javier,
Jesson, Greg,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Eide : Foundations of Ontology , 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource (444 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds
  • Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity
  • Proof of the Existence of Universals —from a Fallibilist
  • Methodological Cartesianism
  • The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability
  • Temporal Realism and the R-Theory
  • Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense?
  • Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe’s Criticism
  • Why Realism Needs Ontology
  • The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism
  • Metaphysical Realism and Castañeda’s Minimal Transcendental Realism
  • Realism and Intentionality
  • Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counterexamples
  • Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities
  • Does Bell’s Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism?
  • Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp
  • The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule
  • On Russell’s Robust Sense of Reality
  • Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs
  • Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute
  • What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist?

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