Słowa kluczowe
realism
anti-realism
interpretivism
social construction
Abstrakt
DOI: http://doi.org/10.26333/sts.xxxix1.08
In Unreal Beliefs, Krzysztof Posłajko argues that socially constructed beliefs exist but are not real. In this commentary, I argue that the grounds for taking socially constructed beliefs to exist are also grounds for taking them to be real (per Posłajko’s own definition of reality).
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2025 Studia Semiotyczne