Methodical Realism: A Handbook for Beginning Realists

by Étienne Gilson

Book Overview

This short book is a work of one of the 20th century's greatest philosophers and historians of philosophy, Etienne Gilson. The book's title, taken from the first chapter, may sound esoteric but it reflects a common-sense outlook on the world, applied in a "methodical" way. That approach, known as realism, consists in emphasizing the fact that what is real precedes our concepts about it. In contrast to realism stands idealism, which refers to the philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586173049
• ISBN13: 9781586173043
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9"