Chasing Reality
Subtitle: Strife over Realism (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: March 18, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780802090751
Subjects: Western philosophy; Philosophy; General; Philosophy / General; Realism; Râealisme
First sentence: We deal with facts all the time, yet there is no consensus on the meaning of the very word 'fact,' particularly since in ordinary language it is often confused with either 'datum' or 'truth.'
Description: "Chasing Reality deals with the controversies over the reality of the external world. Philosopher Mario Bunge offers an extended defence of realism, a critique of various forms of contemporary antirealism, 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."--Jacket.