Naturalistic Realism and the Antirealist Challenge

Name: Naturalistic Realism and the Antirealist Challenge
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ISBN: 9780262112857

ISBN-10: 026211285X

ISBN-13: 9780262112857

Edition: 2005

Authors: Drew Khlentzos, R. L. Kosut, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi

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In this important book, Drew Khlentzos explains the antirealist argument from a realist perspective. He defends naturalistic realism against the antirealist challenge, and he considers the consequences of his defense for our understanding of realism and truth. Khlentzos argues that the naturalistic realist view that the world exists independently of the mind must take into consideration what he calls the representation problem: if the naturalistic realist view is true, how can mental representation of the world be explained? He examines this major antirealist challenge in detail and shows that many realists have dismissed it because they have not understood its nature. He sees it as a…

Book details

List price: $9.75
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/26/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi is Professor of Physiology in the Medical School at Northwestern University, with joint appointments in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering. He is also Founder and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.



Preface


Introduction: Naturalistic Realism and Antirealism



Metaphysical Realism and Truth



Contesting Realism



Dummett's Antirealism



The Antirealist Arguments



Realist Replies to Antirealism



Intuitionistic Foundations of Antirealism



Putnam's Internalism



The Internalist Critique of Realism



Models, Representation, and Reality



Internalism, Pluralism, and Antirepresentationalism



Prospects for Naturalistic Realism



Realism, Facts, and Truth


Notes


References