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Why Realism Needs Ontology
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents 5
- Foreword 7
- Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds 9
- Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity 29
- Proof of the Existence of Universals —from a Fallibilist 51
- Methodological Cartesianism 63
- The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability 99
- Temporal Realism and the R-Theory 123
- Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense? 141
- Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe’s Criticism 197
- Why Realism Needs Ontology 201
- The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism 213
- Metaphysical Realism and Castañeda’s Minimal Transcendental Realism 235
- Realism and Intentionality 247
- Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counterexamples 265
- Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities 291
- Does Bell’s Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism? 311
- Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp 323
- The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule 341
- On Russell’s Robust Sense of Reality 363
- Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs 379
- Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute 401
- What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist? 417
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents 5
- Foreword 7
- Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds 9
- Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity 29
- Proof of the Existence of Universals —from a Fallibilist 51
- Methodological Cartesianism 63
- The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability 99
- Temporal Realism and the R-Theory 123
- Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense? 141
- Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe’s Criticism 197
- Why Realism Needs Ontology 201
- The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism 213
- Metaphysical Realism and Castañeda’s Minimal Transcendental Realism 235
- Realism and Intentionality 247
- Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counterexamples 265
- Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities 291
- Does Bell’s Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism? 311
- Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp 323
- The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule 341
- On Russell’s Robust Sense of Reality 363
- Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs 379
- Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute 401
- What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist? 417