Anthropocentrism in Philosophy: Realism, Antirealism, Semirealism, 1st Edition

Anthropocentrism in philosophy is deeply paradoxical. Ethics investigates the human good, epistemology investigates human knowledge, and antirealist metaphysics holds that the world depends on our cognitive capacities. But humans’ good and knowledge, including their language and concepts, are empirical matters, whereas philosophers do not engage in empirical research. And humans are inhabitants, not ‘makers’, of the world. Nevertheless, all three (ethics, epistemology, and antirealist metaphysics) can be drastically reinterpreted as making no reference to humans.Anthropocentrism in Philosophy: Realism, Antirealism, Semirealism 1st Edition is written by Panayot Butchvarov and published by De Gruyter. ISBNs for Anthropocentrism in Philosophy are 9781614519478, 1614519471 and the print ISBNs are 9781614517924, 1614517924. Additional ISBNs include 9781614518495.