Abstract
I argue that realism requires a stance, but that the realist should maintain that their stance is the only rationally permissible one. The basic motivation for maintaining that only a realist stance is rationally permissible is that being more open-minded induces a kind of pragmatic incoherence on the part of the realist (Psillos 2021). A realist cannot maintain their defense of realism while admitting that this defense requires adopting a policy that others are rationally permitted to ignore. For this is tantamount to admitting that they have no defense of their own realism.
