A Confrontation of Convergent Realism

- 88760 - 1 - Opera in the Age of Rousseau Music , Confrontation , Realism

Académie Royale de Musique, see Paris Opéra Acante et Céphise (Rameau), 22; 66; Tables 3.3, 4.7 Acis et Galatée (Lully), programming, Tables 0.1 (1744, 1749, 1752), 1.1, 3.3; 74; 251; 331 Acting, 31; Italian opera, 257; 273; and laughter, 258; Bouffon style, 282; 286; in Daphnis et Alcimadure, 355 Adèle de Ponthieu (Berton, La Borde), 319; described, 327; performances, Table 14.2; Act ii ceremo...

Metaphysics of Logical Realism

با اینکه اغلب به غلط تصور می­شود که فلسفۀ تحلیلی، به عنوان یک جنبش ضد-متافیزیکی، هیچ ارتباطی با متافیزیک ندارد، اما دلایل خوبی وجود دارند که بر اساس آن می­توان تمایلات متافیزیکی فیلسوفان تحلیلی را تصدیق نمود و متعاقباً ماهیت ضد-متافیزیکی فلسفه تحلیلی را در تمام مراحل شکل­گیری­اش به حداقل رساند. چون فلسفه تحلیلی یک جنبش تاریخی است که ماهیت اصلی آن در چند مرحله شکل یافته است، لذا با پیگیری این مرا...

Quantum Physics: A Case for Anti-Realism?

Confrontation and Ridicule

Ridicule can be used in order to create concurrence as well as to enhance antagonism. This paper deals with ridicule that is used by a critic when he is responding to a standpoint or to a reason advanced in support of a standpoint. Ridicule profits from humor’s good reputation, and correctly so, even when it is used in argumentative contexts. However, ridicule can be harmful to a discussion. Th...

21 Realism / Anti - Realism

The main realism/anti-realism issue in the philosophy of science is the issue of scientific realism, concerned with the unobservable entities of science. However, there is also a more general issue, often known as “realism about the external world,” concerned primarily with the observable entities of common sense, but which spreads to scientific entities, both observable and unobservable. The i...