Putting Metaphysics First: Essays on Metaphysics and Epistemology

by Michael Devitt

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The metaphysical part of this book is largely concerned with realism issues. Michael Devitt starts with realism about universals, dismissing Plato's notorious 'one over many' problem. Several chapters argue for a fairly uncompromisingly realist view of the external physical world of commonsense and science. Both the nonfactualism of moral noncognitivism and positivistic instrumentalism, and defl ationism about truth, are found to rest on an antirealism...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199576971

ISBN13:9780199576975

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:358 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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