Professor Simon James s.p.james@durham.ac.uk
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Merleau-Ponty and Metaphysical Realism
James, Simon P.
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Abstract
Global metaphysical antirealism (or “antirealism”) is often thought to entail that the identity of each and every concrete entity in our world ultimately depends on us—on our adoption of certain social and linguistic conventions, for instance, or on our use of certain conceptual schemes. Drawing on the middle‐period works of Maurice Merleau‐Ponty, I contend that metaphysical antirealism entails nothing of the sort. For Merleau‐Ponty, I argue, entities do not ultimately owe their identities to us, even though—as he puts it—their “articulations are the very ones of our existence.” Once this is recognised, I maintain, certain interpretations of phenomenology are revealed to be caricatures and certain general objections to antirealism lose their force.
Citation
James, S. P. (2018). Merleau-Ponty and Metaphysical Realism. European Journal of Philosophy, 26(4), 1312-1323. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12386
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 17, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 26, 2018 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jul 4, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 26, 2020 |
Journal | European Journal of Philosophy |
Print ISSN | 0966-8373 |
Electronic ISSN | 1468-0378 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 1312-1323 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12386 |
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