Definition / description
This project protests against "naive realism", asserting that we cannot talk about the objects in the world without recognizing that "what we are really talking about is the properties of our symbolic model of these thing in the world."
But this view might be prejudiced or misguided or shortsighted. Is it simply immediacy or convenience that drives realism -- -- for example, a physician in a hospital doesn't want to get involved in this. He (she) has a clear definition of "patient" and doesn't want to waste his time...
Tue, Jul 23, 2019
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