Introduction .................................................... i
I METAPHYSICS
1 "Ostrich Nominalism" or "Mirage Realism"? ................... 13
Postscript to "'Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?" ... 20
2 Aberrations of the Realism Debate ........................... 31
Postscript to "Aberrations of the Realism Debate" ........... 48
3 Underdetermination and Commonsense Realism .................. 57
4 Scientific Realism .......................................... 67
Postscript to "Scientific Realism" .......................... 91
5 Incommensurability and the Priority of Metaphysics .......... 99
Postscript to "Incommensurability and the Priority of
Metaphysics" ............................................... 117
6 Global Response Dependency and Worldmaking ................. 121
7 The Metaphysics of Nonfactualism ........................... 137
8 The Metaphysics of Truth ................................... 155
9 Moral Realism: A Naturalistic Perspective .................. 182
10 Natural Kinds and Biological Realisms ...................... 197
11 Resurrecting Biological Essentialism ....................... 213
II EPISTEMOLOGY
12 Naturalism and the A Priori ................................ 253
13 No Place for the A Priori .................................. 271
14 Intuitions ................................................. 292
15 On Determining What There Isn't ............................ 303
References .................................................... 321
Index ......................................................... 339
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