期刊名称：Academicus : International Scientific Journal
印刷版ISSN：2079-3715
电子版ISSN：2309-1088
出版年度：2020
卷号：MMXX
期号：21
页码：53-58
DOI：10.7336/academicus.2020.21.05
语种：English
出版社：Academicus
摘要：What kind of realism - if any - are we allowed to endorse? It is often stated that, in order to provide realism with a solid foundation, we need having recourse to a reality that is totally independent of thought (and let alone of language). This is taken to be the key thesis of realism. But many philosophers reply that, even when we imagine a world totally devoid of human presence, we must use human concepts. From this point of view, conceptualization does not seem to be an optional we can get rid of, but rather a built-in component of the nature of human beings.
