The Rationality of Metaphysical Realism

Contemporary analytic philosophers do not consider ontology a distinct branch of knowledge. For this same reason, they do not see any legitimacy, or even any meaning, in discussing metaphysical realism. The author in this article takes sides with the meaningfulness of an inquiry about metaphysical realism. He takes a soft version of realism as his point of departure. The article points out to some historical backgrounds for the emergence of anti-realism, and suggests that all arguments supporting the idea of meaninglessness of realism are based on anti-realist suppositions, and therefore are self-destructive.