Dan,

>dmb:
> > Anti-realists deny the world is mind-independent. Believing the
> > epistemological and semantic problems to be insoluble, they conclude
> > realism must be false."
>
> Dan:
> Right, and so realism and idealism are seen as mutually exclusive,
> whereas the MOQ unites them both... they are both correct in their own
> limited ways. Good stuff, Dave... thanks! The engine sounds great.


Idealism is realism fierce opponent.  It's not simply a matter of
"mutually exclusive" it's a matter of mutually hostile.  And how the MoQ
unites them... I have no idea except that so far the interpreters of the
MOQ have no real conception of what idealism actually is.   The glib answer
that idealism equates to "it's all in your head" is facile and far, far
short of the actual stance of actual idealists.

In order to engage real philosophers, you have to do some real
philosophology people.

John
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