Metaphysical semantics versus ground on questions of realism
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Abstract One desideratum for a theory of fundamentality is to give us the conceptual tools articulate fruitful metaphysical distinctions between assortment ‘realist’ and ‘anti-realist’ positions in given domain such as meta-ethics. The ability gives way assess rival theories fundamentality, Fine’s grounding Sider’s semantic theory. Indeed, Sider has argued that have an edge with respect this takes important reason prefer those over theories. This paper closer look at how compare questions realism defends theorist’s meet desideratum.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Analysis
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0174-4747', '2196-6753']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anab089