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- Title
Metaphysical Realism and Naturalised Epistemology.
- Authors
Mohapatra, Pragyanparamita
- Abstract
The paper aims to examine Michael Devitt's arguments in favor of metaphysical realism, where he argued that the issue of realism is devoid of the issues of semantics and epistemology. He has tried to compress his argument by focusing on the metaphysical or ontological questions of realism, but he states that epistemological concerns can be taken only when epistemology is naturalised. Devitt, therefore, has considered naturalised epistemology as a method to give potency to his Realism. Realism, as defined by him, is having majorly two major characteristics, the independent dimension and the existence dimension, that is, the view of the reality in which the reality exists independent of the human mind. These independence and existence dimensions are not mutually exclusive.
- Subjects
REALISM; THEORY of knowledge; ANTI-realism; REALITY; METAPHYSICS
- Publication
Tattva Journal of Philosophy, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
0975-332X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12726/tjp.30.2