Van Fraassen's dissolution of Putnam's model-theoretic argument
Philosophy of Science 66 (1):158-164 (1999)
| Abstract | Bas van Fraassen has recently argued for a "dissolution" of Hilary Putnam's well-known model-theoretic argument. In this paper I argue that, as it stands, van Fraassen's reply to Putnam is unsuccessful. Nonetheless, it suggests the form a successful response might take | |||||||||
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