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In this paper I try to contrast Marxist (and more broadly realist) theories of meaning with what may be called ‘idealist’ theories of meaning. But a word of explanation is clearly in order.
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Putnam, H. (1973). Explanation and Reference. In: Pearce, G., Maynard, P. (eds) Conceptual Change. Synthese Library, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2548-5_11
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