Tom Rockmore

On Foundationalism

A Strategy for Metaphysical Realism

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Produktbeschreibung

In ancient times, the main approaches to metaphysical realism were intuitive. In modern times, foundationalism has replaced intuition as the main strategy to make out metaphysical realist claims to know. In On Foundationalism, Rockmore argues that foundationalism fails in all its known variants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9780742534278
• ISBN-10: 0742534278
• Artikelnr.: 21373872

Autorenporträt

Tom Rockmore is professor of philosophy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: On Realism and Foundationalism
Chapter 2 Realism, Platonic Realism, Truth and Knowledge
Chapter 3 Epistemological Foundationalism
Chapter 4 Foundationalism as a System
Chapter 5 Foundationalism as Representationalism
Chapter 6 On Recent Foundationalism

Rezensionen

Rockmore's pellucid style presents the complex history of a theory in a usefully understated manner. It is a style that cuts through the technical and historical details to expose the basic key positions, yet does so without oversimplifying them. Review Of Metaphysics