Semantic Challenges to Realism: Dummett and Putnam

Mark Quentin Gardiner

Published by University of Toronto Press 2000

Semantic Challenges to Realism

Dummett and Putnam

Mark Quentin Gardiner

In the series Toronto Studies in Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442679740

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About this book

Although many philosophers espouse anti-realism, the only sustained arguments for the position are due to Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam. Gardiner's unpretentious style and lucid organization make sense of Dummett's and Putnam's discourse.

Author / Editor information

Gardiner Mark Quentin :

Mark Q. Gardiner is an instructor in the Department of Humanities, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Dummett's Semantic Anti-Realism
1. Dummett's Constraints - Meaning and Metaphysics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Dummett's Critique of Semantic Realism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. Responses to the Negative Program Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
4. Responses to the Positive Program Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
PART II. Putnam's Internal Realism
5. Portraits: Metaphysical and Internal Realisms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6. The Model-Theoretic Argument Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
7. Brains in Vats Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
8. The Argument from Equivalence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320

eBook

Published: July 10, 2000
ISBN: 9781442679740