Reference, Truth and Conceptual Schemes: A Defense of Internal Realism

by G. Forrai

Book Overview

1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The purpose of the book is to develop internal realism, the metaphysical-episte- mological doctrine initiated by Hilary Putnam (Reason, Truth and History, "Introduction", Many Faces). In doing so I shall rely - sometimes quite heavily - on the notion of conceptual scheme. I shall use the notion in a somewhat idiosyncratic way, which, however, has some affinities with the ways the notion has been used during its history. So...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048156777
• ISBN13: 9789048156771
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"