<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>According to metaphysical realism, we would have to compare our thought with mind-independent reality, if we want to gain knowledge about the world. Such a comparison is impossible. Yet we can gain knowledge about the world. So metaphysical realism is false. — I take this to be the historically most influential argumentative line opposing metaphysical realism. The paper develops this argument, the Main Anti-Realist Argument, in more detail and offers a brief critical discussion of its crucial assumptions.</p></abstract>

According to metaphysical realism, we would have to compare our thought with mind-independent reality, if we want to gain knowledge about the world. Such a comparison is impossible. Yet we can gain knowledge about the world. So metaphysical realism is false. — I take this to be the historically most influential argumentative line opposing metaphysical realism. The paper develops this argument, the Main Anti-Realist Argument, in more detail and offers a brief critical discussion of its crucial assumptions.

Anti-Realism

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According to metaphysical realism, we would have to compare our thought with mind-independent reality, if we want to gain knowledge about the world. Such a...

Anti-Realism

Online veröffentlicht: 31. Dez. 2018

Seitenbereich: 173 - 185

Eingereicht: 19. Juli 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2016-0010

Schlüsselwörter
Anti-realism, correspondence-truth, comparing, Kant, realism

© 2016 Marian David, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Anti-Realism

Online veröffentlicht: 31. Dez. 2018

Seitenbereich: 173 - 185

Eingereicht: 19. Juli 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2016-0010

SchlüsselwörterAnti-realism, correspondence-truth, comparing, Kant, realism

© 2016 Marian David, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Anti-realism, correspondence-truth, comparing, Kant, realism