George Eliot, well-known as one of greatest realists in the 19th century, weaves multiple narratives her representative work Middlemarch, presenting vividly realistic picture society between 1829 and 1832. The narrative clue love affair Dorothea, Casaubon Will Ladislaw permeates whole story, which attracts attention numerous scholars with fruitful, inspirational studies. However, few numbers de...

Abstract Many moral error theorists reject realism on the grounds that implies existence of categorical normativity, yet normativity does not exist. Call this Metaphysical Argument. In response, some realists have emphasized a parity between and epistemic normativity. They argue if one kind is rejected, then both must be rejected. Therefore, cannot theorist without also being an theorist. Parit...

Perhaps the most familiar understanding of “naturalism” derives from Quine, it as a continuity empirical theories world described through scientific method. So, might be surprising that one important naturalistic moral realists, Philippa Foot, rejects standard evolutionary biology in her justly lauded Natural Goodness. One main reasons for this is true claim humans can flourish (eudaimonia) wit...

This article aims at discussing an interesting variant of scientific realism recently proposed and defended by Sandra Mitchell (forthcoming), namely affordances-based pragmatist realism. We firstly place Mitchell’s proposal in the context current state debate over Secondly, we summarize salient features proposal. Thirdly, point out some aspects that might require further refinement clarificatio...

Abstract In this essay, I reply to an influential objection evolutionary debunking arguments against moral realism. According objection, our capacity for autonomous rational reflection allows us grasp truths independently of distorting influences, so those influences do not prevent from having knowledge. argue that is not, in fact, since it depends on evolved, pre-reflective properties. then co...

Abstract Naïve realists hold that the phenomenology of veridical perceptual experience is in part constituted by environmental objects subject perceiving. Although naïve realism well-motivated considering cognitive and epistemic roles experience, it considered difficult to explain hallucinatory imaginative experiences. This paper provides three arguments address these explanatory problems syste...

Abstract Realist political theory is often confronted with the objection that it biased towards status quo. Although this criticism overlooks fact realist theories contain various resources for critique, a approach strong in quo critique and contributes, constructively, to theorising of alternatives desideratum. The article argues contextual realism, which sources its normativity from particula...

Realists and supporters of ‘democratic underlabouring’ have recently challenged the traditional separation between political theory practice. Although both attack Jürgen Habermas for being an idealist whose philosophy is too removed from politics, I argue that this interpretation inaccurate. While Habermas’s social indeed oriented to truth understanding, he has sought realize his communicative ...

I assess various proposals for the source of intuition that there is something problematic about contextuality, ultimately concluding contextuality best thought in terms fine-tuning. then argue as with other fine-tuning problems quantum mechanics, this behaviour can be understood a manifestation teleological features physics. Finally discuss several formal mathematical frameworks have been used...

If there were anything negative to be said about this book with any plausibility, it would be that it comes behind time. After a period of general rejection of all metaphysics and ontology in early analytic philosophy, over the past four or five decades we have witnessed a radical resurrection of all kinds of metaphysical investigation. Old questions, theses and arguments are renewed nowadays w...