A Modest Realism Preserving Common Rationality in Philosophy |
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Author:
| Jones, Joe Frank Jones, Joe Frank |
ISBN: | 978-0-7618-1995-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2001 |
Publisher: | University Press of America, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $80.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionWhat 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.