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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: non-existence of the real world
  name:
    name part: Westerhoff, Jan
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2020
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxxiii, 341 pages ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Does the real world, defined as a world of objects that exist independent of human interests, concerns and cognitive activities, really exist? Jan Westerhoff argues that we have good reason to believe it does not. His discussion considers four main facets of the idea of the real world, ranging from the existence of a separate external and internal world (comprising various mental states congregated around a self), to the existence of an ontological foundation that grounds the existence of all the entities in the world, and the existence of an ultimately true theory that provides a final account of all there is. As Westerhoff discusses the reasons for rejecting the postulation of an external world behind our representations, he asserts that the internal world is not as epistemically transparent as is usually assumed, and that there are good reasons for adopting an anti-foundational account of ontological dependence. Drawing on conclusions from the ancient Indian philosophical system of Madhyamaka Buddhism, Westerhoff defends his stance in a purely Western philosophical framework, and affirms that ontology, and philosophy more generally, need not be conceived as providing an ultimately true theory of the world.
  note: Jan Westerhoff.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-328) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Ontology
  subject:
    topic: Reality
  classification: BD331 W478 2020
  classification: 190
  identifier: 9780198847915
  identifier: 0198847912
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 190924
    record change date: 20200807152405.0
    record identifier: in00004099859