By Robert C. Koons

during this wide-ranging philosophical paintings, Koons takes on strong dogmas--anti-realism and materialism. In doing so, Koons develops a chic metaphysical approach that money owed for such phenomena as details, psychological illustration, our wisdom of common sense, arithmetic and technological know-how, the constitution of spacetime, the identification of actual gadgets, and the objectivity of values and ethical norms.

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