In Defence Of Realism

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803294352

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In Defence of Realism by Raymond Tallis Pdf

In Defence of Realism is a powerful indictment of the fog of bad philosophy and worse linguistics that has shrouded much contemporary literary theory and criticism. Raymond Tallis, one of the most important critics of post-Saussurean literary theory in the English-speaking world, examines the reasons often cited by critics and theorists for believing that realism in fiction is impossible and verisimilitude a mere literary ?effect.? He clearly demonstrates not only that the arguments of critics hostile to realism are invalid, but that even if they were sound, they would apply equally to anti-realist fiction, indeed to all intelligible discourse.

Author : Elmer Daniel Klemke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015048532546

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A Defense of Realism by Elmer Daniel Klemke Pdf

English philosopher George Edward Moore (1873-1958) developed the chief modern theory of ethics, Ideal Utilitarianism. A Defense of Realism examines Moore's conception of philosophy and his views on the importance of metaphysics, presenting and evaluating the Principia Ethica author's criticisms and refutations of certain philosophical positions, especially idealism, naive realism, phenomenalism, and pragmatism. Klemke gives a detailed analysis and an appraisal of Moore's defense of common sense, and concentrates on Moore's realism, beginning with the reality of entities in the natural universe, and proofs of the external world. Finally, Klemke analyzes and enhances through personal argument Moore's views on the reality of various nonnatural entities crucial to Moore's defense of philosophical realism.

Author : Russ Shafer-Landau
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199259755

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Moral Realism by Russ Shafer-Landau Pdf

Moral Realism is a systematic defence of the idea that there are objective moral standards. In the tradition of Plato and G. E. Moore, Russ Shafer-Landau argues that there are moral principles that are true independently of what anyone, anywhere, happens to think of them. These principles are a fundamental aspect of reality, just as much as those that govern mathematics or the natural world. They may be true regardless of our ability to grasp them, and their truth is not a matter of their being ratified from any ideal standpoint, nor of being the object of actual or hypothetical consensus, nor of being an expression of our rational nature. Shafer-Landau accepts Plato's and Moore's contention that moral truths are sui generis. He rejects the currently popular efforts to conceive of ethics as a kind of science, and insists that moral truths and properties occupy a distinctive area in our ontology. Unlike scientific truths, the fundamental moral principles are knowable a priori. And unlike mathematical truths, they are essentially normative: intrinsically action-guiding, and supplying a justification for all who follow their counsel. Moral Realism is the first comprehensive treatise defending non-naturalistic moral realism in over a generation. It ranges over all of the central issues in contemporary metaethics, and will be an important source of discussion for philosophers and their students interested in issues concerning the foundations of ethics.

Author : T. Dyson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230283299

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Neoclassical Realism and Defence Reform in Post-Cold War Europe by T. Dyson Pdf

Dyson explains the convergence and divergence between British, French and German defence reforms in the post-Cold War era. He engages with cultural and realist theories and develops a neoclassical realist approach to change and stasis in defence policy, bringing new material to bear on the factors which have affected defence reforms.

Author : David Enoch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191618567

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Taking Morality Seriously by David Enoch Pdf

In Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism David Enoch develops, argues for, and defends a strongly realist and objectivist view of ethics and normativity more broadly. This view—according to which there are perfectly objective, universal, moral and other normative truths that are not in any way reducible to other, natural truths—is familiar, but this book is the first in-detail development of the positive motivations for the view into reasonably precise arguments. And when the book turns defensive—defending Robust Realism against traditional objections—it mobilizes the original positive arguments for the view to help with fending off the objections. The main underlying motivation for Robust Realism developed in the book is that no other metaethical view can vindicate our taking morality seriously. The positive arguments developed here—the argument from the deliberative indispensability of normative truths, and the argument from the moral implications of metaethical objectivity (or its absence)—are thus arguments for Robust Realism that are sensitive to the underlying, pre-theoretical motivations for the view.

Author : Richard A. Fumerton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0742512835

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Realism and the Correspondence Theory of Truth by Richard A. Fumerton Pdf

Defending a realism about truth, Fumerton (philosophy, U. of Iowa) argues that the most plausible version of realism is the correspondence theory of truth, and that only by including in one's ontology the critical relation of correspondence between truth bearers and truth makers can one avoid an implausible metaphysics of possibilia in a realist analysis of falsehood. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Christopher J. Insole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317018223

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The Realist Hope by Christopher J. Insole Pdf

Taking into consideration analytical, continental, historical, post-modern and contemporary thinkers, Insole provides a powerful defence of a realist construal of religious discourse. Insole argues that anti-realism tends towards absolutism and hubris. Where truth is exhausted by our beliefs about truth, there is no conceptual space for doubting those beliefs; only a conception of truth as absolute, given and accessible can guarantee the very humility, sense of fallibility and sensitivity to difference that the anti-realist rightly values. Cutting through some of the tired and well-rehearsed debates in this area, Insole provides a fresh perspective on approaches influenced by Wittgenstein, Kant, and apophatic theology. The defence of realism offered is unusual in being both analytically precise, and theologically sensitive, with a view to some of the wider and less well-explored cultural, ethical and political implications of the debate.

Author : Michele Marsonet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351734301

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The Problem of Realism by Michele Marsonet Pdf

This title was first published in 2003:This book explores the problem of realism, both metaphysical and scientific. Renowned specialists in the field - including Michael Devitt, David Papineau, Mark Sainsbury and Wesley Salmon - contribute new essays that shed new light on the main topics in the current realism/antirealism debate. Discussing a wide range of issues related to realism, both in metaphysics and in the philosophy of science, they address more specific questions including those concerning metaphysical realism, scientific realism, the relations between epistemology and ontology, causation, dispositions and personal identity, and the relations between science and common sense. Presenting a comprehensive overview of the problem of realism, as well as in-depth discussion of particular topics, this book offers valuable insights for both students and researchers in the field. It can also be used in undergraduate and graduate courses of philosophy.

Author : Jarrett Leplin
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997-11-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195113631

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A Novel Defense of Scientific Realism by Jarrett Leplin Pdf

Attempting to reinstate the common-sense idea that theoretical knowledge is achievable, the author of this text accounts for the genesis of the sceptical position, then introduces his argument for Minimalist Scientific Realism.

Author : Roger Trigg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015016992284

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Reality at Risk by Roger Trigg Pdf

Author : Samir Okasha
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198745587

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Philosophy of Science by Samir Okasha Pdf

"In this new edition Samir Ikasha reviews the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with a brief account of the history of modern science, he asks whether there is a discernible pattern to the way scientific ideas change over time. He examines scientific inference, scientific explanation, and the debate between realist and anti-realist views of science."--

Author : K. Brad Wray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108415217

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Resisting Scientific Realism by K. Brad Wray Pdf

Provides a spirited defence of anti-realism in philosophy of science. Shows the historical evidence and logical challenges facing scientific realism.

Author : Mario Bunge
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442621954

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Chasing Reality by Mario Bunge Pdf

Chasing 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.'

Author : Anjan Chakravartty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139468398

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A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism by Anjan Chakravartty Pdf

Scientific realism is the view that our best scientific theories give approximately true descriptions of both observable and unobservable aspects of a mind-independent world. Debates between realists and their critics are at the very heart of the philosophy of science. Anjan Chakravartty traces the contemporary evolution of realism by examining the most promising strategies adopted by its proponents in response to the forceful challenges of antirealist sceptics, resulting in a positive proposal for scientific realism today. He examines the core principles of the realist position, and sheds light on topics including the varieties of metaphysical commitment required, and the nature of the conflict between realism and its empiricist rivals. By illuminating the connections between realist interpretations of scientific knowledge and the metaphysical foundations supporting them, his book offers a compelling vision of how realism can provide an internally consistent and coherent account of scientific knowledge.

Author : Stathis Psillos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134619818

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Scientific Realism by Stathis Psillos Pdf

Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. We see that throughout the twentieth century, scientific realism has been challenged by philosophical positions from all angles: from reductive empiricism, to instrumentalism and to modern sceptical empiricism. Scientific Realism explains that the history of science does not undermine the arguments for scientific realism, but instead makes it reasonable to accept scientific realism as the best philosophical account of science, its empirical success, its progress and its practice. Anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the state of modern science and why scientific realism is plausible, should read this book.