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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I; 2. Local realism and anti-realism: the existence axis; 3. Local realism and anti-realism: the independence axis; 4. Idealism; 5. Kantianism; 6. Verificationism; Part II; 7. Colour; 8. Morality; 9. Science; 10. Mathematics; 11. Possible worlds; 12. Fictional characters; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
There are a bewildering variety of ways the terms ""realism"" and ""anti-realism"" have been used in philosophy and furthermore the different uses of these terms are only loosely connected with one another. Rather than give a piecemeal map of this very diverse landscape, the authors focus on what they see as the core concept: realism about a particular domain is the view that there are facts or entities distinctive of that domain, and their existence and nature is in some important sense objective and mind-independent. The authors carefully set out and explain the different realist and anti-re. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Realism.
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Realism. |
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Anti-realism.
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Anti-realism. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mares, Edwin.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brock, Stuart. Realism and Anti-Realism. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9781844650248 |
| ISBN |
9781317494270 (electronic book) |
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131749427X (electronic book) |
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