In general, my approach to dealing with such people is to stop talking about what’s really true, and instead talk exclusively about what experiences I anticipate if I perform various actions.
Talking about your anticipated experiences rather than the Truth is what many people mean by anti-realism.
Using the language with people that concentrates both of our attention on our actual goals is an example of what I mean by pragmatism.
I mean, if someone wants to discuss ontology and epistemology, that’s cool, I’ll do that too. But I’m fairly confident that’s usually not what’s going on.
Talking about your anticipated experiences rather than the Truth is what many people mean by anti-realism.
Sure, I can see that.
Using the language with people that concentrates both of our attention on our actual goals is an example of what I mean by pragmatism.
I mean, if someone wants to discuss ontology and epistemology, that’s cool, I’ll do that too.
But I’m fairly confident that’s usually not what’s going on.