{"product_id":"chasing-reality-mario-bunge-9781442628229","title":"Chasing Reality: Strife over Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChasing Reality\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the controversies over the reality of the external world. Distinguished philosopher Mario Bunge offers an extended defence of realism, a critique of various forms of contemporary anti-realism, and a sketch of his own version of realism, namely hylorealism. Bunge examines the main varieties of antirealism - Berkeley's, Hume's, and Kant's; positivism, phenomenology, and constructivism - and argues that all of these in fact hinder scientific research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBunge's realist contention is that genuine explanations in the sciences appeal to causal laws and mechanisms that are not directly observable, rather than simply to empirical generalisations. Genuine science, in his view, is objective even when it deals with subjective phenomena such as feelings of fear. This work defends a realist view of universals, kinds, possibilities, and dispositions, while rejecting contemporary accounts of these that are couched in terms of modal logic and 'possible worlds.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Bunge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442628227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442628229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 5.96w x 0.89d","brand":"Mario Bunge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980380340479,"sku":"9781442628229","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5176d8fb-f2f7-4746-ad55-8c26eebecc7a.jpg?v=1683249600","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chasing-reality-mario-bunge-9781442628229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}