Gutenberg Open Science: Russell and American realism

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dc.contributor.author	Neuber, Matthias	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-28T10:25:19Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-08-28T10:25:19Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9483	-
dc.description.abstract	American philosophical realism developed in two forms: “new” and “critical” realism. While the new realists sought to ‘emancipate’ ontology from epistemology and defended a direct theory of perception, the critical realists promoted a representationalist account of perception and thus argued for an epistemological dualism. Bertrand Russell’s early philosophical writings figured prominently in both of these American realist camps. However, while the new realists quite enthusiastically embraced the Russellian analytic style of reasoning (and Russell himself appreciated the American new realists as anti-idealist allies), the critical realists were significantly more reserved toward Russell’s point of view. In the present paper, I identify the reasons for this difference in reception. In particular, I will show that the critical realists’ reservations pertained primarily to a more traditionalist—‘continental’—account of philosophy, whereas the neo-realists proved instrumental in setting the stage for later full-blown analytic philosophy in the United States.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)\|491381577\|Open-Access-Publikationskosten 2022–2024 Universität Mainz - Universitätsmedizin	-
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	100 Philosophie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	100 Philosophy	en_GB
dc.title	Russell and American realism	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9465	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7920	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Topoi	de
jgu.journal.volume	Version of Record (VoR)	de
jgu.publisher.year	2023	-
jgu.publisher.name	Springer	de
jgu.publisher.place	Dordrecht u.a.	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1572-8749	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	100	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1007/s11245-023-09925-2	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
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