{"product_id":"realism-and-antirealism-paperback","title":"Realism and Antirealism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam P. Alston\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the past century, a debate has raged over the thesis of realism and its alternatives. Realism--the seemingly commonsensical view that all or most of what we encounter in the world exists and is what it is independently of human thought--has been vigorously denied by such prominent intellectuals as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, Thomas Kuhn, Hilary Putnam, and Nelson Goodman. The opponents of realism, among them historians and social scientists who support social constructionism, hold that all or most of reality depends on human conceptual schemes and beliefs. In this volume of original essays, a group of philosophers explores the ongoing controversy. The book opens with an introduction by William P. Alston, whose writing on the subject has been widely influential. Selected essays then compare and contrast aspects of the arguments put forward by the realists with those of the antirealists. Other chapters discuss the importance of the debate for philosophical topics such as epistemology and for domains ranging from religion, literature, and science to morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe late William P. Alston was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Syracuse University. His books include \u003ci\u003eA Realist Conception of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIllocutionary Acts and Sentence Meanings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Reliability of Sense Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePerceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Cornell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.4 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451608875186,"sku":"9780801487903","price":79.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/8008856a2ec61088e98737b8c0382602.webp?v=1778797952","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/realism-and-antirealism-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}