Contact with Reality

by Esther Lightcap Meek

Book Overview

Is knowledge discovered, or just invented? Can we ever get outside ourselves to know how reality is in itself, independent of us? Philosophical realism raises the question whether in our knowing we connect with an independent reality--or only connect with our own mental constructs. Far from being a silly parlor game, the question impacts our lives concretely and deeply. Modern Western culture has been infected with antirealism and the doubt, skepticism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498239838
• ISBN13: 9781498239837
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"