Anthropocentrism in Philosophy: Realism, Antirealism, Semirealism

Panayot Butchvarov

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Anthropocentrism in Philosophy

Realism, Antirealism, Semirealism

Panayot Butchvarov

Volume 8 in the series Eide

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614518495

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Anthropocentrism in philosophy is deeply paradoxical. Ethics investigates the human good, epistemology investigates human knowledge, and antirealist metaphysics holds that the world depends on our cognitive capacities. But humans’ good and knowledge, including their language and concepts, are empirical matters, whereas philosophers do not engage in empirical research. And humans are inhabitants, not 'makers', of the world. Nevertheless, all three (ethics, epistemology, and antirealist metaphysics) can be drastically reinterpreted as making no reference to humans.

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Panayot Butchvarov, University of Iowa, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Chapter One. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. Epistemology and Ethics Dehumanized
Chapter Two. Three Varieties of Epistemology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter Three. The Property Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter Four. Saying and Showing The Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Part Two. Metaphysics Humanized
Chapter Five. The Role of Language in Cognition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter Six. Metaphysical Realism and Logical Antirealism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Chapter Seven. Logical Semirealism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Chapter Eight. Generic Statements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter Nine. Facts and Truth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Part Three. Metaphysics Dehumanized
Chapter Ten. I and the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Chapter Eleven. We and the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Chapter Twelve. Mind and the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 246
Keywords: Epistemology; knowledge; empiricism; WIttgenstein

eBook

Published: May 19, 2015
ISBN: 9781614518495

Hardcover

Published: April 24, 2015
ISBN: 9781614517924