Defending Realism • Ontological and Epistemological Investigations

Defending Realism • Ontological and Epistemological Investigations

Guido Bonino, Greg Jesson, Javier Cumpa (Eds.)
The essays in this volume, first presented at an international conference held at the University of Urbino, Italy, in 2011, explore the different senses of realism, arguing both for and against its distinctive theses and considering these senses from a historical point of view. The first sense is the metaphysical thesis that whatever exists does so, and has the properties it has, independently of whether it is the object of a person's thought or perception. The second sense of realism is epistemological, wherein realism claims that, in some cases, it is possible to know the world as it exists in and of itself. A third sense, which has become known as ontological realism, states that universals exist as well as individuals. The essays collected here make new contributions to these fundamental philosophical issues, which have largely defined western analytic philosophy, from Plato and Aristotle to the present day.

Table of Contents

Foreword - page 7
Two Arguments against Antirealism in Relation to Artefact Kinds - Massimiliano Carrara, Silvia Gaio und Marzia Soavi - page 9
Realism, Tense, and Context Sensitivity - Yuval Dolev - page 29
Proof of the Existence of Universals —from a Fallibilist - Ingvar Johansson - page 51
Methodological Cartesianism - Gregory Landini - page 63
The Transparency Objection against Modal Anti-Realism and the Paradox of Conceivability - Vittorio Morato - page 99
Temporal Realism and the R-Theory - L. Nathan Oaklander - page 123
Was Frege a Realist? And, if so, in What Sense? - Fred Wilson - page 141
Is Exemplification Absurd? A Note on Lowe’s Criticism - Javier Cumpa - page 197
Why Realism Needs Ontology - Volker Gadenne - page 201
The Impossibility of Philosophical Skepticism - Greg Jesson - page 213
Metaphysical Realism and Castañeda’s Minimal Transcendental Realism - Francesco Orilia - page 235
Realism and Intentionality - Erwin Tegtmeier - page 247
Defending Deployment Realism against Alleged Counterexamples - Mario Alai - page 265
Fiction in Science? Exploring the Reality of Theoretical Entities - Ann-Sophie Barwich - page 291
Does Bell’s Theorem Imply Metaphysical Realism? - Ron Bombardi - page 311
Semantic Antirealism: Last Gasp - Gerald Vision - page 323
The Reality of Linguistic Norms or Linguistic Rules Rule - Bernhard Weiss - page 341
On Russell’s Robust Sense of Reality - Guido Bonino - page 363
Austrian Logical Realism? Brentano on States of Affairs - Guillaume Fréchette - page 379
Realism versus Idealism in the Nature-Nurture Dispute - Dale Jacquette - page 401
What Does Realism Entail for the Humanist? - Ian Verstegen - page 417

De Gruyter Ontos, Eide - Volume 7, Hardback, english, 444 pages