Defending Realism • Ontological and Epistemological Investigations

Keine Designvorlage Defending Realism • Ontological and Epistemological Investigations

Guido Bonino, Greg Jesson, Javier Cumpa (Eds.)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.

Table of ContentsForeword - page 7Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds - Massimiliano Carrara, Silvia Gaio und Marzia Soavi - page 9Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity - Yuval Dolev - page 29Proof of the Existence of Universals —from a Fallibilist - Ingvar Johansson - page 51Methodological Cartesianism - Gregory Landini - page 63The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability - Vittorio Morato - page 99Temporal Realism and the R-Theory - L. Nathan Oaklander - page 123Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense? - Fred Wilson - page 141Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe’s Criticism - Javier Cumpa - page 197Why Realism Needs Ontology - Volker Gadenne - page 201The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism - Greg Jesson - page 213Metaphysical Realism and Castañeda’s Minimal Transcendental Realism - Francesco Orilia - page 235Realism and Intentionality - Erwin Tegtmeier - page 247Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counterexamples - Mario Alai - page 265Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities - Ann-Sophie Barwich - page 291Does Bell’s Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism? - Ron Bombardi - page 311Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp - Gerald Vision - page 323The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule - Bernhard Weiss - page 341On Russell’s Robust Sense of Reality - Guido Bonino - page 363Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs - Guillaume Fréchette - page 379Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute - Dale Jacquette - page 401What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist? - Ian Verstegen - page 417

De Gruyter Ontos, Eide - Volume 7, Hardback, english, 444 pages