Realism, Anti-Realism and "Rabbity Moments" (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

May 07, 2019 01:27:25
Realism, Anti-Realism and "Rabbity Moments" (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)
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Realism, Anti-Realism and "Rabbity Moments" (Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell)

May 07 2019 | 01:27:25

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Show Notes

Realism vs. anti-realism ... Is reality the sum of human senses? ... Why Crispin is allergic to idealism ... “Rabbity moments” and Quine’s radical translation scenario ... What does it mean to say someone lives “in another world”? ... Davidson’s closet analogy for conceptual schemes ... What makes a given statement true? ...

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