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CHASING REALITY
STRIFE OVER REALISM |
| By: |
Mario Bunge |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£63.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802090753 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802090751 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
18 March, 2006 |
| Series: |
Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
This work defends a realist view of universals, kinds, possibilities, and dispositions, while rejecting contemporary accounts of these that are couched in terms of modal logic and 'possible worlds.' |
| Synopsis: |
Chasing Reality deals with the controversies over the reality of the external world. Distinguished philosopher Mario Bunge offers an extended defence of realism, a critique of various forms of contemporary anti-realism, and a sketch of his own version of realism, namely hylorealism. Bunge examines the main varieties of antirealism - Berkeley's, Hume's, and Kant's; positivism, phenomenology, and constructivism - and argues that all of these in fact hinder scientific research.Bunge's realist contention is that genuine explanations in the sciences appeal to causal laws and mechanisms that are not directly observable, rather than simply to empirical generalisations. Genuine science, in his view, is objective even when it deals with subjective phenomena such as feelings of fear. This work defends a realist view of universals, kinds, possibilities, and dispositions, while rejecting contemporary accounts of these that are couched in terms of modal logic and 'possible worlds.' |
| Illustrations: |
5 figures, 5 tables |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |