Metaphysical Realism and Anti-Realism

Miller, J. T. M.

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“…But one can go further and adopt metaphysical anti-realism, where there is tendency to reject either the mind-independent physical reality or the access to the mind-independent reality [18].…”

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Truths, observations and illusions: a quantum mechanics perspective

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2023

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When I assert that I was in Cambridge on (entirety of) October 4, 2023, we tend to think this assertion has to be either true or false. But in practice, our observations cannot capture the instant moment, and records tend to average over a certain time duration. This means that even though I was actually in a quantum superposition of being in Paris and in London on October 4, 2023, in case the observable average turns out to be the state of being in Cambridge, I would be observed to be in Cambridge despite not actually being situated there. In fact, it becomes unclear whether quantum states or observations be considered the actual reality, creating an internal crisis within a correspondence theory of truth that relies on existence of absolute and objective facts.

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Section: Metaphysical Anti-realism?mentioning

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2023

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“…As far as the debate goes, we will be needlessly going into other debates such as free will and mind that do not take up the strand of philosophical problems dealing with Heidegger's ontological concern of the object. Recent debates on metaphysical realism and anti‐realism also exclude him (Miller, 2022) but there are relevant reasons for salvaging his works, especially the fourfold ( Das Geviert ) for two current philosophers.…”

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Fourfolded objects, or toward a philosophy of object‐oriented curation

Kahambing

2024

Curator The Museum Journal

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This paper attempts to contextualize a philosophy of curation that is object‐oriented or toward a “return to the object.” In the museum, three interrelated philosophical problems pervade curation practices that prevent access to the object as it is. Here, the subject‐object relations or idealism‐realism issues are reconsidered as a specific niche of the philosophy of curation. To address these issues, this paper claims that Jean‐Paul Martinon and Graham Harman's philosophical return to the Heideggerian fourfold (das Geviert) can introduce creative pathways for the curated object that is riddled with excess and tensions. Later, with some caveats, the paper addresses the issues and suggests a possible avenue for further research.

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“… 56 56 For a brief, simple overview to some entailments of metaphysical realism, see Miller (2022). To generalise, the proposition entails that extramental particulars subsist independent of personal experiential cognition, such that said objects can be said to essentially exist in and of themselves.…”

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On Rooting Religious Studies: The Metaphysical Proposal of René Guénon

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2023

The Philosophical Forum

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The present article problematizes current dominating approaches to method and theory in the study of religion by pointing to their inapplicability to theorists working outside secular worldviews. The first section of this article introduces decolonialist narratives by touching on important topics which are subsumed within larger discussions, such as secularism, positionality, and others. This is done by putting René Guénon in conversation with other theorists, the foremost of whom is Bruce Lincoln.Section two introduces Guénon using Wael Hallaq's categorisation of him as a subversive author, and sections three and four elaborate on his subversion through touching on two key theories. The first relates to problematizations of the term 'religion' itself along with a treatment of Guénon's actual theory of religion. The second is Guénon's metaphysical method, which, contrasted against the historical, opens new avenues for our study of the past in manners unrestricted to materialism alone, expanding thereby the academic frameworks with which we come to the table in the academic study of religion.

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Metaphysical Realism and Anti-Realism

Cited by 21 publications

References 98 publications

Truths, observations and illusions: a quantum mechanics perspective

Truths, observations and illusions: a quantum mechanics perspective

Fourfolded objects, or toward a philosophy of object‐oriented curation

On Rooting Religious Studies: The Metaphysical Proposal of René Guénon

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