Grasping Reality addresses the methodology of a  sophisticated realistic approach to scientific as well as everyday  recognition by using schemes and interpretative constructs to analyze  theories and the practice of recognition from a hypothesis-realistic  vantage point.    The three main theses are: (1) Any "grasping" of real objects,  processes, entities etc. is deeply dependent on scheme interpretations  and interpretative constructs — in short, on using schemes and  constructs; the same applies to any sophisticated actions encroaching  on reality; (2) a sophisticated interpretation-dependent realism is  sketched out and defended from a methodological, non-foundational,  epistemological point of view called pragmatic realism; (3) the most  provocative thesis is generalized from the role of the well-known  preparationist interpretation of quantum theory to everyday knowledge  — the interpretative structuring and preparing of the experimental  make-up as known in quantum mechanics is not just a special case but  the rather general case of gaining any knowledge in science and  everyday recognition.    An appendix provides an overview regarding a realistic and pragmatic philosophy of technology, including the so-called new information technologies.

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