Putting metaphysics first [electronic resource] : essays on metaphysics and epistemology /
by Devitt, Michael.
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 346 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191723254 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Metaphysics | Knowledge, Theory of | Semantics (Philosophy)Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Michael Devitt presents a series of essays in which he argues for an uncompromisingly realist view of the external physical world. He goes on to reject moral noncognitivism & antirealist views of truth. He argues against the a priori, & urges that we should approach epistemology & semantics from a metaphysical perspective & not vice versa.No physical items for this record
Michael Devitt presents a series of essays in which he argues for an uncompromisingly realist view of the external physical world. He goes on to reject moral noncognitivism & antirealist views of truth. He argues against the a priori, & urges that we should approach epistemology & semantics from a metaphysical perspective & not vice versa.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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