Richard Boyd

Richard Boyd is a philosopher known for his work on realism, particularly in ethics and science. He defends moral realism, the idea that moral truths exist independently of our beliefs or feelings about them. He argues that moral facts are similar to scientific facts; just as science aims to uncover objective truths about the world, ethics seeks to discover moral realities. Boyd contrasts this with anti-realism, which denies objective moral truths. He also engages with scientific realism, advocating for the view that scientific theories aim to describe reality accurately, as opposed to anti-realism, which sees theories as merely useful tools.