Goodman and Putnam on the Making of Worlds |
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Authors: | Damian Cox |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia |
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Abstract: | Hilary Putnam and Nelson Goodman are two of the twentieth century's most persuasive critics of metaphysical realism, however they disagree about the consequences of rejecting metaphysical realism. Goodman defended a view he called irrealism in which minds literally make worlds, and Putnam has sought to find a middle path between metaphysical realism and irrealism. I argue that Putnam's middle path turns out to be very elusive and defend a dichotomy between metaphysical realism and irrealism. |
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