Appendix 1 Antirealism and the Schism between Man and Reality (cid:31)(cid:30)(cid:31) ENTANGLEMENTS SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought Randall E. Auxier and John R. Shook, editors ENTANGLEMENTS A System of Philosophy C R I S P I N S A RT W E L L SUNY P R E S S Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2017 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production, Laurie D. Searl Marketing, Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Sartwell, Crispin, 1958– author. Title: Entanglements : a system of philosophy / Crispin Sartwell. Description: Albany, NY : State University of New York, 2017. | Series: SUNY series in American philosophy and cultural thought | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016031446 (print) | LCCN 2017000564 (ebook) | ISBN 9781438463872 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781438463896 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Philosophy, American. | Philosophy, Modern. Classification: LCC B851 .S27 2017 (print) | LCC B851 (ebook) | DDC 191—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016031446 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 What we know is a point to what we do not know. The first questions are still to be asked. Let any man bestow a thought on himself, how he came hither, and whither he tends, and he will find that all literature, all the philosophy that is on record, have done little to dull the edge of inquiry. —Ralph Waldo Emerson No ideas but in things. —William Carlos Williams Contents I. First Philosophy: Reality, Truth, and Knowledge Introduction: The Universe in Brief 3 1. Ontology 29 2. Theory of Truth 81 3. Epistemology 121 II. Axiology: Goodness, Beauty, and Liberty Introduction: Values as Situations 193 4. Ethics 203 5. Aesthetics 291 6. Political Philosophy 337 Conclusion 389 Notes 391 Index 405 Part I First Philosophy: Reality, Truth, and Knowledge