Nancarrow, Paul S.  "Realism and Anti-Realism: A Whiteheadian Response to Richard Rorty Concerning Truth, Propositions, and Practice."  Process Studies 24 (1995): 59-75.

Abstract

Alfred North Whitehead's theory of propositions offers a new approach to the postmodern debate over realism and antirealism.  Because it combines elements of both a "coherence" and a "correspondence" theory of truth, the Whiteheadian approach can allow for genuine relationship between mind and extramental process, while at the same time affirming the importance of intersubjectivity and shared practice as contributing factors in what counts as truth.  Philosophical ideas can be recognized, not only as "optional glosses" or "rhetorical flourishes" for social practices, but as "critics of abstraction" that play a constitutive role in social practices.  [Abstract from The Philosopher's Index]