Leeds University Library

PHIL2521

Realism and Antirealism, 2008-2009, Semester 1
Prof John Divers
J.Divers@leeds.ac.uk

Essential reading


Brock, Stuart, and Edwin Mares, Realism and anti-realism, Stocksfield : Acumen, 2007


Recommended reading for essays

Boyd, R., “Scientific Realism” , Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, 2002

Fraassen, B. van, The Scientific Image, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1980, Ch.1-2

Jackson, F., “The Primary Quality View of Colour”, Philosophical Perspectives- 1996 onwards is under the journal title Noûs. 10, Atascadero, Cal. : Ridgeview, 1996, pp.199-219

Ladyman, J., Understanding philosophy of science, London : Routledge, 2002, Ch.5

Mackie, J.L., Problems from Locke [electronic resource], Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1976, Ch.1

McGinn, C., The subjective view : secondary qualities and indexical thoughts, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1983, Ch.1