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[filed under theme 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism ]

Full Idea

The debate between realism and anti-realism has become notorious in the rest of philosophy for its obscurity, convolution, and lack of progress.

Gist of Idea

The realist/anti-realist debate is notoriously obscure and fruitless

Source

Timothy Williamson (The Philosophy of Philosophy [2007], After)

Book Ref

Williamson,Timothy: 'The Philosophy of Philosophy' [Blackwell 2007], p.284


A Reaction

I find this reassuring, because fairly early on I decided that this problem was not of great interest, and quietly tiptoed away. I take the central issue to be whether nature has 'joints', to which the answer appears to be 'yes'. End of story.