D. Dennett’s Real Patterns as a Modal Ontology: Essentialist Interpretation of Truth-Making

Abstract

The paper aims to make a satisfactory realistic interpretation of the solution of the truth-making problem within the framework of D. Dennett’s real patterns conception in order to show that D. Dennett’s ontology can be interpreted in a realistic sense not only within the framework of J. Ladyman’s structural realism. As a starting point, the solution of the truth-making problem within the concept of “serious essentialism” by E.J.Lowe is considered. Our thesis is that the expansion of the D. Dennett’s conception with E.J. Lowe’s “serious essentialism” leads us to the conclusion that D. Dennett’s ontology not only receives a satisfactory realistic interpretation of the solution of the truth-making problem, but also provides an op-portunity to answer properly to the definition of scientific realism given by M. Devitt.