Realism and anti-realism / / Stuart Brock and Edwin Mares

• Autore: Brock Stuart <1968-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 149.2
• Soggetto topico: Realism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MaresEdwin David
• Note generali: First published 2007 by Acumen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I; 2. Local realism and anti-realism: the existence axis; 3. Local realism and anti-realism: the independence axis; 4. Idealism; 5. Kantianism; 6. Verificationism; Part II; 7. Colour; 8. Morality; 9. Science; 10. Mathematics; 11. Possible worlds; 12. Fictional characters; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There are a bewildering variety of ways the terms ""realism"" and ""anti-realism"" have been used in philosophy and furthermore the different uses of these terms are only loosely connected with one another. Rather than give a piecemeal map of this very diverse landscape, the authors focus on what they see as the core concept: realism about a particular domain is the view that there are facts or entities distinctive of that domain, and their existence and nature is in some important sense objective and mind-independent. The authors carefully set out and explain the different realist and anti-re
• Titolo autorizzato: Realism and anti-realism
• ISBN: 1-317-49426-1; 1-317-49427-X; 1-315-71221-0; 1-282-94322-7; 9786612943225; 1-84465-364-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459293203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Central problems of philosophy.