Realism & antirealism

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Throughout the past century, a debate has raged over the thesis of realism and its alternatives. In this volume of original essays, a group of philosophers explores the ongoing controversy.

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Full title :Realism & antirealism / edited by William P. Alston.

Summary

Throughout the past century, a debate has raged over the thesis of realism and its alternatives. In this volume of original essays, a group of philosophers explores the ongoing controversy.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
Place of Publication:Ithaca, N.Y
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 303 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0801440289, 9780801440281, 0801487900, 9780801487903
oclc:ocm50034804
LC Classification:B835
Dewey Decimal:149/.2

Realism, antirealism, and common sense / Caleb Miller -- Realism and irrealism: a dialogue / Mark S. McLeod -- Dividing the world into objects / Andrew Cortens -- Pluralism, metaphysical realism, and ultimate reality / Michael P. Lynch -- The God's I point of view / Michael J. Murray -- What metaphysical realism is not / William P. Alston -- On the metaphysical implications of alethic realism / Ren ̌van Woudenberg -- Why god is not a semantic realist / David Leech Anderson -- Cooperative, coordinative, and coercive epistemologies / Christopher Tollefsen -- "In your light, we see light": the continuing viability of a Christocentric epistemology / Laura A. Smit -- Thomism with a realist face: a response to Hilary Putnam / Gavin T. Colvert -- Realist reference to God: analogy or univocity? / Philip A. Rolnick -- Van Fraassen's constructive empiricist philosophy of science and religious belief: prospects for a unified epistemology / Anne L. Hiskes -- Truth in fiction: the whole story / Frances Howard-Snyder -- Fiction as a kind of philosophy / Kelly James Clark.