The Many Faces of Realism W. F. Trotter Read the Battle Creek Enquirer

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Author: Jean Baptiste Molière

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The Many Faces of Realism W. F. Trotter Read the Battle Creek Enquirer"The first two lectures place the alternative I defend a kind of pragmatic realism in a historical and metaphysical context. Part of that context is provided by Husserl's remark that the history of modern philosophy begins with Galileo that is, modern philosophy has been hypnotized by the idea that scientific facts are all the facts there are. Another part is provided by the analysis of a very simple example of what I call 'contextual relativity'. The