Research

ENTWINE is the first step of a philosophical investigation concerning the concept of metaphysical realism and its Greek and Platonic origin. In a nutshell, metaphysical realism is the view that what is real is (i) absolutely independent of human mind as to what it is and whether it exists; (ii) so connected to thought and language as to be grasped and described. ENTWINE is a close analysis of the relevant Platonic works and of their theoretical consequences. The principal idea is that what is possibly perceived as a theoretical tension within metaphysical realism, namely that reality is independent of human cognition and at the same time is essentially related to it, is precisely what lies at the core of Plato’s metaphysics. Thus, the research addresses four points in Plato’s works: I) the connection between reality and mind and the way this connection is expressed by the concept of truth; II) the relation between content and object of thought also including linguistic meaning; III) reality and linguistic reference; IV) the intersection between the former points and Plato’s conception that being is intelligible.