LEADER 03700nam 2200733 450 001 9910456791403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99189-9 010 $a9786611991890 010 $a1-4426-7285-4 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442672857 035 $a(CKB)2430000000011219 035 $a(EBL)3255041 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000291276 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11252860 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291276 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248393 035 $a(PQKB)10674786 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001481148 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12630497 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481148 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11496284 035 $a(PQKB)10902296 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601098 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671336 035 $a(DE-B1597)464310 035 $a(OCoLC)944178278 035 $a(OCoLC)999378055 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442672857 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671336 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257052 035 $a(OCoLC)244767859 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000011219 100 $a20160926h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChasing reality $estrife over realism /$fMario Bunge 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Studies in Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4426-2822-7 311 $a0-8020-9075-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Reality and Hylorealism -- $t2. Phenomena, Phenomenalism, and Science -- $t3. Antirealism Today: Positivism, Phenomenology, Constructivism -- $t4. Causation and Chance: Apparent or Real? -- $t5. Behind Screens: Mechanisms -- $t6. From Z to A: Inverse Problems -- $t7. Bridging Fact and Theory -- $t8. To Reality through Fiction -- $t9. Transcendentals Are Of This World -- $t10. From Plato's Cave to Galileo's Hill: Realism Vindicated -- $tAppendix: Fact and Pattern -- $tReferences -- $tIndex of Names -- $tIndex of Subjects 330 $aChasing Reality deals with the controversies over the reality of the external world. Distinguished philosopher Mario Bunge offers an extended defence of realism, a critique of various forms of contemporary anti-realism, and a sketch of his own version of realism, namely hylorealism. Bunge examines the main varieties of antirealism - Berkeley's, Hume's, and Kant's; positivism, phenomenology, and constructivism - and argues that all of these in fact hinder scientific research.Bunge's realist contention is that genuine explanations in the sciences appeal to causal laws and mechanisms that are not directly observable, rather than simply to empirical generalisations. Genuine science, in his view, is objective even when it deals with subjective phenomena such as feelings of fear. This work defends a realist view of universals, kinds, possibilities, and dispositions, while rejecting contemporary accounts of these that are couched in terms of modal logic and 'possible worlds.' 410 0$aToronto studies in philosophy. 606 $aRealism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRealism. 676 $a149.2 700 $aBunge$b Mario$f1919-$040460 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456791403321 996 $aChasing reality$92461490 997 $aUNINA