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Realism and Relativism, Volume 12

Ernest Sosa (Edited by), Sosa (Author), Enrique Villanueva (Edited by)

9780631233848, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 4 January 2003

360 pages
22.8 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.482 kg

This volume gathers papers by many of the best-known philosophers now at work on issues of realism and relativism across the field of philosophy. The result is representative of the best cutting-edge work in the area.

  • Includes work both on the ontology and epistemology of the normative as well as on more general metaphysical and epistemological issues of relativism and realism
  • Essays include discussions of relativism and the first-person perspective, underdetermination and realism, and mathematical realism and epistemic relativism, plus many other points of reflection

Part I: Metaphysis and Logic:.

1. Realism and Relativism: Akeel Bilgrami.

2. Underdetermination and Realism: Michael Devitt.

3. Quantifier Variance and Realism: Eli Hirsch.

4. Conceptual Relativity and Metaphysical Realism: Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons.

5. Response-dependence without Tears: Frank Jackson and Philip Pettit.

6. Is there a True Metaphysics of Material Objects? Alan Sidelle.

7. Knowledge of the World: Galen Strawson.

8. The Number of Things: Peter van Inwagen.

9. On Logical Relativity: Achille C. Varzi.

10. Abstract Objects: A Case Study: Stephen Yablo.

Part II: Metaethics:.

11. Meta-Ethics and Normative Commitment: James Dreier.

12. Earning the Right to Realism or Relativism in Ethics: Carol Rovane.

13. Moral Realism and Indeterminacy: Stephen Schiffer.

14. Moral Relativity and Intuitionism: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.

15. Exploring the Implications of the Dispositional Theory of Value: Michael Smith.

Contributors.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
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