Realism and Appearances
Subtitle: An Essay in Ontology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 29, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780521772273
Subjects: Metaphysics & ontology; Ontology; Philosophy; Metaphysics; Philosophy / Epistemology; Appearance (Philosophy); Reality
First sentence: Traditionally, especially within the period of Modern Philosophy (e.g., from Descartes to Kant), when philosophers turned their attention to perception and our knowledge of the external world, a standard set of issues, problems, principles and concepts were invoked, assumed and occasionally modified.