实用现实主义:朝着调和活动主义和现实主义的方向
Catherine Legg1, André Sant'Anna2
1School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, 3125 VIC Australia.
概括
这项研究通过查尔斯·皮尔斯的实用主义来解决现实主义和活动主义之间的哲学紧张关系. 它提出了一个基于调查的激进主义现实主义,支持研究非人类动物认知.
科学领域:
- 思想的哲学 思想的哲学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 实用主义的实用主义
背景情况:
- 启动主义的思维生活连续性论文面临潜在的反现实主义"世界构造"的批评.
- 审查了扎希迪的"实体现实主义"对激进主义的方法,基于操纵.
- 现实主义激进主义的一个关键挑战是维持多个主体居住在同一个世界的说法.
研究的目的:
- 为了解决现实主义和活动主义之间的哲学紧张关系.
- 提出一种基于查尔斯·皮尔斯的实用主义的替代现实主义活动主义.
- 扩展活动主义现实主义,超越操纵,以基于调查的互动.
主要方法:
- 对现实主义和活动主义的哲学分析.
- 查尔斯·皮尔斯对实用主义,存在和现实的概念的应用.
- 批评扎希迪的"实体现实主义",并提出"基于调查"的替代方案.
主要成果:
- 扎希迪的"内在现实主义"对于科学进步是不够的,因为它无法保证一个共同的世界.
- 皮尔斯的实用主义为一种新的形式的激进主义现实主义提供了一个坚实的框架.
- 这种以调查为基础的激进主义现实主义支持关于真理和对非人类认知的调查的泛物种单一主义.
结论:
- 基于调查的激进主义现实主义,借鉴皮尔斯,提供了比基于操纵的方法更全面的解释.
- 这个框架调和了现实主义和活动主义,解决了先前的哲学紧张关系.
- 提出的现实主义对跨物种和实用主义哲学中理解认知有重大影响.
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