Realism and antirealism in metaphysics, science and language

A cura di: Adriano Angelucci, Vincenzo Fano, Gabriele Ferretti, Giovanni Galli, Pierluigi Graziani, Gino Tarozzi

Realism and antirealism in metaphysics, science and language

Festschrift for Mario Alai

The book includes several essays written by prominent contemporary philosophers as well as by younger researchers in honor of Mario Alai on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The book also includes an extensive reply written by Alai himself, which amply testifies to his lifelong commitment to passionate yet fair-minded philosophical debate.

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The book includes several essays written by prominent contemporary philosophers as well as by younger researchers in honor of Mario Alai on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The single original contributions delve into different foundational issues in the philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of language, and metaphysics, and engage in rigorous analyses of the structure and workings of different forms of human knowledge. This fruitful variety of perspectives reflects the wide-ranging and multifaceted character of Mario Alai's philosophical work and interests. The book also includes an extensive reply written by Alai himself, which amply testifies to his lifelong commitment to passionate yet fair-minded philosophical debate.

Adriano Angelucci, Ph.D. Student, University of Urbino Carlo Bo.

Vincenzo Fano, Full Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of Urbino Carlo Bo.

Gabriele Ferretti, Humboldt Fellow, Ruhr-University Bochum.

Giovanni Galli, Ph.D. Student, University of Urbino Carlo Bo.

Pierluigi Graziani, Assistant Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of Urbino Carlo Bo.

Gino Tarozzi, Full Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of Urbino Carlo Bo.

Adriano Angelucci, Vincenzo Fano, Gabriele Ferretti, Giovanni Galli, Pierluigi Graziani, Gino Tarozzi, Introduction
Mario Alai,
How I Developed My Views on Realis
Realism in History of Philosophy, History of Science, and Metaphysic
Evandro Agazzi, The Long History of Realism in Western Philosophy
Allen Stairs,
Connection-Realism: a Quasi-Religious Defense
Ilkka Niiniluoto,
Abductive Arguments for Ontological Realism
Fabio Minazzi,
Some Considerations on the Galilean Deductivist Methodology
Flavia Marcacci,
Scientific Change, Realism, and History of Science
Gabriele Ferretti,
Perspectives on Reality
Scientific Realism
Alberto Cordero, Mario Alai and the Quest for a Realist Scientific Realism
Vincenzo Fano,
A Defense of Model Realism
Dennis Dieks,
The Probabilistic No-Miracle Argument
Matteo Morganti,
Alai on Novel Predictions and the Explanation of the Success of Scientific Theories
Marco Buzzoni,
On Gerard Doppelt’s Scientific Realism
Michel Ghins,
Stability of Reference through Theory Change and Scientific
Realism Giovanni Galli,
Scientific Realism and Scientific Understanding
Gino Tarozzi, Realism,
Antirealism and the Reality of the Predictable Properties as a Form of Consistent Empiricism
Realism in Philosophy of Language, Epistemology and Experimental Philosophy
Massimo Dell’Utri, Brains in a Vat: Proofs, Choices, Possibilities, and Impossibilities
Giorgio Volpe, Scepticism,
Explanationism, and Epistemic Closure
Francesco Orilia,
On Non-Denoting
Ernesto Napoli,
Speaking of Non-Existent Objects?
Stephen Stich,
Can We Naturalize “All the Way Down”?
Mario Alai, Replies
Mario Alai, Comments and Replies to My Friends
Notes on Contributors.

Contributors: Evandro Agazzi, Mario Alai, Marco Buzzoni, Alberto Cordero, Massimo Dell'Utri, Dennis Dieks, Michel Ghins, Flavia Marcacci, Fabio Minazzi, Matteo Morganti, Ernesto Napoli, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Francesco Orilia, Allen Stairs, Stephen Stich, Giorgio Volpe

Serie: Epistemologia

Subjects: Epistemology - Science Philosophy

Level: Scholarly Research

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