Philosophical Studies

By: J. Wright

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Hardcover | 30 April 1997

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One of the central areas of concern in late twentieth-century philosophy is the debate between Realism and anti-Realism. But the precise nature of the issues that form the focus of the debate remains controversial. In Realism and Explanatory Priority a new way of viewing the debate is developed. The primary focus is not on the notions of existence, truth or reference, but rather on independence. A notion of independence is developed using concepts derived from the theory of explanation. It is argued that this approach enables us to clarify the exact nature of the empirical evidence that would be required to establish Realism in any area. The author defends a restricted form of Realism, which he calls Nomic Structuralism.
The book will be suitable for professional philosophers of language, science and metaphysics, and their graduate students.

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Preface	p. vii
Introductory Remarks	p. 1
What is the Realism/Anti-Realism Issue?	p. 11
A Theory of Dependence	p. 54
The Explanatory Priority View of the Realism/Anti-Realism Issue	p. 98
Arguments for a Weak Form of Realism	p. 125
A Strategy for Determining the Scope of Realism	p. 141
Does Novel Success Need to be Explained by Truth?	p. 152
Epistemic Truth and the Explanation of Novel Confirmation	p. 188
The Arguments Against Realism	p. 233
The Evidence for Realim-1: Evidence for Truth that is Independent of the Epistemic	p. 271
The Evidence for Realism-II: The Evidence for Independence from Discourse	p. 300
Select Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 327
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