Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. BASIC ISSUES FOR REALISM AND ANTIREALISM
6. 1. Realism, Antirealism, and Common Sense 13
7. 2. Realism and Irrealism: A Dialogue 26
8. 3. Dividing the World into Objects 41
9. 4. Pluralism, Metaphysical Realism, and Ultimate Reality 57
10. 5. The God's I Point of View 79
11. 6. What Metaphysical Realism Is Not 97
12. II. TRUTH AND METAPHYSICAL REALISM
13. 7· On the Metaphysical Implications of Alethic Realism 119
14. 8. Why God Is Not a Semantic Realist 131
15. III. REALISM AND EPISTEMOLOGY
16. 9. Cooperative, Coordinative, and Coercive Epistemologies 149
17. 10. "In Your Light, We See Light": The Continuing Viability of a Christocentric Epistemology 167
18. IV. DEPARTMENTAL REALISMS AND ANTIREALISMS
19. A. Religion
20. 11. Thomism with a Realist Face: A Response to Hilary Putnam 183
21. 12. Realist Reference to God: Analogy or Univocity? 211
22. B. Science and Religion
23. 13. Van Fraassen's Constructive Empiricist Philosophy of Science and 2II Religious Belief: Prospects for a Unified Epistemology 238
24. C. Literature and Morality
25. 14. Truth in Fiction: The Whole Story 253
26. 15. Fiction as a Kind of Philosophy 280
27. Select Bibliography 295
28. Notes on Contributors 297
29. Index 299