A modest realism
preserving common rationality in philosophy
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Author
Publication
2001 - University Press of America, Lanham, Md, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
47,750 words, Guess
Page Count
191 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL18160359M
- ISBN-100761819959
- OCLC Control Number45862153
- Library of Congress Control Number2001020243
- Goodreads5042233
Classifications
- LCCB835 .J65 2001
- LCCB835.J65 2001
Description
"What do words have to do with the world? Do our concepts make the world the way it is for us? If concepts do make the world what it is for us, is this making complete, without residue of a natural world, and how does this making occur? Is there a real world to which word and concepts refer that anchors their meaning? What is the role of the imagination in making words have meaning? Is understanding embodied, conceptual, or both?" "A Modest Realism explores these questions through its examination of the foundations of articulatable experience. It joins language and experience in a non-essentialist realism, while avoiding the non sequiturs and practical impossibilities of most twentieth century postmodern philosophers."--Jacket.
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