Does the real world exist? / John R. Searle -- Realism and the tasks of epistemology / William P. Alston -- Why the theory of knowledge has to be realistic / Roderick M. Chisholm -- Indeterminsim and antirealism / Donald Davidson -- Pragmatism and reasons for belief / Gilbert Harman -- Realism, antirealism, and pragmatism : comments on Alston, Chisholm, Davidson, Harman, and Searle / Richard Rorty.
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This landmark collection of essays by six renowned philosophers explores the implications of the contentious realism/antirealism debate for epistemology. The essays examine issues such as whether epistemology needs to be realist, the bearing of a realist conception of truth on epistemology, and realism and antirealism in terms of a pragmatist conception of epistemic justification. Richard Rorty's essay provides a critical commentary on the other five.