Michael Devitt presents a series of essays with four recurring themes: (i) a sharp distinction between metaphysical issues and semantic ones; (ii) the priority of metaphysical issues over epistemological and semantic issues; (iii) a naturalistic opposition to the a priori taken largely from Quine; (iv) an uncompromising 'realism about the external world'. Topics include Plato's 'one over many' problem; nonfactualism; truth; moral realism; biological realism; biological essentialism; intuitions and their proper role.
Michael Devitt presents a series of essays with four recurring themes: (i) a sharp distinction between metaphysical issues and semantic ones; (ii) the priority of metaphysical issues over epistemological and semantic issues; (iii) a naturalistic opposition to the a priori taken largely from Quine; (iv) an uncompromising 'realism about the external world'. Topics include Plato's 'one over many' problem; nonfactualism; truth; moral realism; biological realism; biological essentialism; intuitions and their proper role.
Michael Devitt (PhD Harvard, BA Sydney) is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He taught at the University of Sydney from 1971 until 1987 and the University of Maryland from 1988 to 1999. His main research interests are in the philosophy of language and mind, and in issues of realism.
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METAPHYSICS 1: "Ostrich Nominalism" or "Mirage Realism"? Postscript to "'Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?" 2: Aberrations of the Realism Debate Postscript to "Aberrations of the Realism Debate" 3: Underdetermination and Commonsense Realism 4: Scientific Realism Postscript to "Scientific Realism" 5: Incommensurability and the Priority of Metaphysics Postscript to "Incommensurability and the Priority of Metaphysics" 6: Global Response Dependency and Worldmaking 7: The Metaphysics of Nonfactualism 8: The Metaphysics of Truth 9: Moral Realism: A Naturalistic Perspective 10: Natural Kinds and Biological Realisms 11: Resurrecting Biological Essentialism EPISTEMOLOGY 12: Naturalism and the A Priori 13: No Place for the A Priori 14: Intuitions 15: On Determining What There Isn't
METAPHYSICS 1: "Ostrich Nominalism" or "Mirage Realism"? Postscript to "'Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?" 2: Aberrations of the Realism Debate Postscript to "Aberrations of the Realism Debate" 3: Underdetermination and Commonsense Realism 4: Scientific Realism Postscript to "Scientific Realism" 5: Incommensurability and the Priority of Metaphysics Postscript to "Incommensurability and the Priority of Metaphysics" 6: Global Response Dependency and Worldmaking 7: The Metaphysics of Nonfactualism 8: The Metaphysics of Truth 9: Moral Realism: A Naturalistic Perspective 10: Natural Kinds and Biological Realisms 11: Resurrecting Biological Essentialism EPISTEMOLOGY 12: Naturalism and the A Priori 13: No Place for the A Priori 14: Intuitions 15: On Determining What There Isn't
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