{"product_id":"realism-and-anti-realism-9781844650248","title":"Realism and Anti-Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stuart Brock | Edwin Mares\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are a bewildering variety of ways the terms \"realism\" and \"anti-realism\" have been used in philosophy and furthermore the different uses of these terms are only loosely connected with one another. Rather than give a piecemeal map of this very diverse landscape, the authors focus on what they see as the core concept: realism about a particular domain is the view that there are facts or entities distinctive of that domain, and their existence and nature is in some important sense objective and mind-independent. The authors carefully set out and explain the different realist and anti-realist positions and arguments that occur in five key domains: science, ethics, mathematics, modality and fictional objects. For each area the authors examine the various styles of argument in support of and against realism and anti-realism, show how these different positions and arguments arise in very different domains, evaluate their success within these fields, and draw general conclusions about these assorted strategies. Error theory, fictionalism, non-cognitivism, relativism and response-dependence are taken as the most important positions in opposition to the realist and these are explored in depth. Suitable for advanced level undergraduates, the book offers readers a clear introduction to a subject central to much contemporary work in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46931900137623,"sku":"9781844650248","price":10902.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781844650248.webp?v=1771616996","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/realism-and-anti-realism-9781844650248","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}