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Against Social Kind Anti-Realism

Metaphysics, 2020
The view that social kinds (e.g., money, migrant, marriage) are mind-dependent is a prominent one in the social ontology literature. However, in addition to the claim that social kinds are mind-dependent, it is often asserted that social kinds are not ...
Rebecca Mason
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Anti-Realism about Fictional Names at Work: A New Theory for Metafictional Sentences [PDF]

Organon F, 2021
In this article, I contribute to ongoing debates about the status of fictional names. The main debate in the philosophy of language focuses on whether fictional names should be thought of as non-referring terms (this is anti-realism) or referring terms ...
Louis Rouillé
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Scientific Realism and Anti-realism in Quine’s Philosophy [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2021
In this essay, we try to address a fundamental issue in the philosophy of science, namely the conflict between realism and antirealism in Quine's philosophy.
Amir Hajizadeh
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Spinozistic attribute anti realism [PDF]

Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 2013
In this paper, I attempt to show how, contrary to criticisms by, for instance, Wilson (Wilson 1999) Spinoza's double-aspect theory of mind is indeed a plausible position.
Šoć Andrija
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Evaluation of the Argument of "Unconceived Alternatives" from the Perspective of Bhaskar's Critical Realism [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2023
Scientific realism has always faced continuous criticisms from scientific anti-realists. Kyle Stanford's "unconceived alternatives" argument can be seen as a late and troublesome version of these challenges.
Amir Sharifipour, Mostafa Taqavi, Maryam Poustforush   +2 more
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Religious Realism vs. Anti-realism: Revisiting Don Cupitt, Paul Badham and D. Z. Phillips [PDF]

پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2016
Realism/anti-realism controversy has always been crucial in the history of philosophy, so that it has affected all philosophical areas, including religious belief, in which admitting realistic/anti-realistic approach has a wide range of influences in all
Ali Sadeqi
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What Becomes of the Damned

TheoLogica, 2023
Annihilationism provides a fruitful point of contact between philosophers and theologians for further reflection on nonexistence. In this paper I articulate a key commitment of annihilationism; namely, that some persons cease to exist. Such a commitment,
R. A. J. Shields
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Scientific Realism/Anti-Realism Debate: Roy Bhaskar’s Position [PDF]

Organon F
The debate between scientific realism and anti-realism has long revolved around scientific theories. Realists contend that scientific theories are true or approximately true.
Maryam Poostforush, Mostafa Taqavi
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The Relationship between Scientific Realism and Scientific Progress Accounts [PDF]

Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2023
One of the most significant topics in the philosophy of science literature is the debate between scientific realism and anti-realism. In recent years, a considerable amount of literature has emerged on scientific progress accounts.
Siavash Mazdapour, Mostafa Taqavi
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Wittgenstein and Anti-Realism [PDF]

Theosophia Islamica
This article examines Wittgenstein's teachings on realism and anti-realism through the lens of his philosophy of language. Realism posits that every linguistic statement is either true or false, independent of human consciousness and knowledge ...
Khadije Aslibeigi
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