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 Reference
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.