Anthropocentrism in philosophy : realism, antirealism, semirealism /
Anthropocentrism in philosophy is deeply paradoxical. Ethics investigates the human good, epistemology investigates human knowledge, and antirealist metaphysics holds that the world depends on our cognitive capacities. But humans' good and knowledge, including their language and concepts, are e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts :
De Gruyter,
2015.
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| Series: | Eide ;
Volume 8. |
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| Summary: | Anthropocentrism in philosophy is deeply paradoxical. Ethics investigates the human good, epistemology investigates human knowledge, and antirealist metaphysics holds that the world depends on our cognitive capacities. But humans' good and knowledge, including their language and concepts, are empirical matters, whereas philosophers do not engage in empirical research. And humans are inhabitants, not 'makers', of the world. Nevertheless, all three (ethics, epistemology, and antirealist metaphysics) can be drastically reinterpreted as making no reference to humans. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781614518495 1614518491 9781614518501 1614518505 1614519471 9781614519478 |
| ISSN: | 2198-1841 ; 2198-1841 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |