The Faces of Pluralism -- The Problem -- Faces of Absolutism -- The Move to Pluralism -- Metaphysical Pluralism -- Facts and Content -- Three Objections -- Understanding Conceptual Schemes -- Three Models -- The Kantian Model -- The Quinean Model -- The Wittgensteinian Model -- The Very Idea -- Extending Our Worldview -- Concepts: Two Pictures -- Conceptual Fluidity and Family Resemblance -- Conceptual Fluidity and Minimal Concepts -- Concepts and Change -- The Nature of Existence -- Dilemmas Confronted -- Objects and Existence -- Dilemmas Resolved -- The Idealism Objection -- The Currents of Truth -- What Is Realism about Truth? -- Antirealism about Truth: Epistemic Theories -- Antirealism about Truth: Deflationary Theories -- The Correspondence Theory and Pluralism -- Minimal Realism about Truth -- Relative Truth -- The True and the Real -- Relativism, Inconsistency, and Self-Reference -- On Stepping Outside of My Own Skin -- Evaluating Schemes -- Facing the Noumena -- The Purpose of Metaphysics
Summary
Content Description #"A Bradford Book."#Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
"A Bradford book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and index
