The Anthropocentrism of Anti-realism

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Philosophical Readings Pub Date : 2014-12-02 DOI:10.5281/ZENODO.34508

L. Caffo

引用次数: 2

Abstract

n aspect which has been largely overlooked within the contemporary debate over realism and anti-realism is the role of the ‘human’ that these contrasting theories presuppose. My thesis is that metaphysical anti-realism, specifically the one dealing with material reality (I am not speaking, for instance, of the one concerning social objects), is an anthropocentric approach to reality, notwithstanding all the reasonings that can be used in order to maintain it. By the term ‘anthropocentrism’, I am referring to the philosophical concept that considers humans to be the main beings in the universe. Specifically, anthropocentrism is expressed by the theory arguing that the species Homo sapiens has an ontological pre-eminence over reality. 1 I am grateful to the attendees who participated in the “Welcome Antispeciesism” debate that took place in December 2012 at the “Mangiacarte” bookshop in Catania, and to those who took part in the debate named “Being animals: a comparison between philosophy and psychology”, that took place in January 2013 at the “Enzo Tortora” association in 2.

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反现实主义的人类中心主义

在当代关于现实主义和反现实主义的争论中，很大程度上被忽视的一个方面是这些对比理论所预设的“人”的作用。我的论点是，形而上学的反实在论，特别是处理物质实在论(例如，我不是在谈论有关社会对象的实在论)，是一种人类中心主义的实在论方法，尽管所有的推理都可以用来维持它。通过“人类中心主义”这个术语，我指的是认为人类是宇宙中主要存在的哲学概念。具体地说，人类中心主义的理论认为，智人这个物种在本体论上优于现实。1我感谢参加2012年12月在卡塔尼亚“Mangiacarte”书店举行的“欢迎反物种主义”辩论的与会者，以及参加2013年1月在“Enzo Tortora”协会举行的“作为动物:哲学与心理学的比较”辩论的与会者。

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