03947oam 2200685I 450 991081978210332120240405170037.01-317-49426-11-317-49427-X1-315-71221-01-282-94322-797866129432251-84465-364-110.4324/9781315712215(CKB)2670000000060315(EBL)1900171(SSID)ssj0000674586(PQKBManifestationID)11395974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000674586(PQKBWorkID)10660159(PQKB)11530933(MiAaPQ)EBC1900171(Au-PeEL)EBL1900171(CaPaEBR)ebr10455613(CaONFJC)MIL294322(OCoLC)898771522(OCoLC)958108005(OCoLC)1199301528(FINmELB)ELB136669(UkCbUP)CR9781844653645(EXLCZ)99267000000006031520180706e20142007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRealism and anti-realism /Stuart Brock and Edwin MaresLondon ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (250 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Central problems of philosophyFirst published 2007 by Acumen.1-84465-024-3 1-84465-025-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- PART I. Local realism and anti-realism : the existence axis -- Local realism and anti-realism : the independence axis -- Idealism -- Kantianism -- Verificationism -- PART II. Colour -- Morality -- Science -- Mathematics -- Possible worlds -- Fictional characters.Questions about the plausibility and character of realism and its alternatives are at the heart of all metaphysical disputes today. However it is not a straightforward matter to know when some contentious realm of entities is real, or to understand and appreciate what is at issue between those on either side of the dispute. This book aims to make clear what is really at stake in the contemporary realism debate. The first part of the book examines the realist and anti-realist debate abstracted away from any particular application of it. The authors explain local realism and anti-realism and look at the motivations that might support one position over the other with regard to a particular subject matter. In addition, they examine particular types of global anti-realism – idealism, Kantianism, verificationism – and show how each is motivated by intricate combinations of semantic, epistemological and metaphysical reasons. In the second part of the book the authors explore how the ideas outlined in Part 1 can and have been applied to different subject matters. They examine the respective cases for realism and anti-realism about colours, morality, science, mathematics, modality, and fiction. The authors show that the realism and anti-realism debates within various different domains are much more unified than we are often led to believe, and that a comparison of the realism debates in different areas can give us an appreciation of the need for a kind of consistency in our views that is often lacking. Realism and Anti-Realism offers readers a clear introduction to a subject central to contemporary work in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of language.Central problems of philosophy.Realism & Anti-RealismRealismRealism.149.2Brock Stuart1968-,1664791Mares Edwin David876459UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910819782103321Realism and anti-realism4023029UNINA