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A dilemma for internal realism

Philosophical Studies, 1990
Given my dilemma, then, we should think twice before following Putnam away from metaphysical realism. Internal realism can offer only a false sense of philosophical security. And now we may doubt that it can offer even that.
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Pragmatism and internal realism

Analysis, 1979
Bradie Michael
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Non‐Objectivism and Internal Realism

2006
AbstractThis chapter discusses the non-objectivist position. The non-objectivist argument emerges from an immanent, transcendental placing of the various ways in which we conceive of different areas of thought or language. Rather than announcing itself as a sceptical conclusion, the sceptical line of reflection that emerges can be allowed, in ...
Thomas Alan
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Metaphysical Realism and Internal Realism

2001
All of us agree that some sentences are true and some are false. We further agree that the truth values of sentences are determined by two factors: language and reality. The truth of ‘Mount Everest is higher than Mont Blanc’ is due partly to the meanings of the expressions occurring in it, partly to the way things in fact are.
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Truth In Internal Realism

2000
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Putnam’s Internal Realism and Kant’s Empirical Realism

Idealistic Studies, 1996
Soulignant les liens reels qui existent entre les analyses de l'experience developpees par Kant et Putnam, l'A. s'attache a distinguer les programmes epistemologiques propres a la these du realisme empirique et a la these du realisme ...
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Internal Realism

2002
AbstractCritical scientific realism is contrasted with the neo‐pragmatist views of Goodman, Kuhn, and Putnam. Ontological realism can be combined with conceptual pluralism, which accepts that the mind‐independent world can be carved up or structured by various linguistic frameworks.
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The realism of Realism: the state and the study of International Relations

Review of International Studies, 1989
On the face of it, the title of this article must look rather odd, especially to any non-specialist who happens to light upon it. For ‘Realism’ surely connotes enterprises and appraisals of a realistic kind, ones which take full account of the facts and constraints of life.
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‘Biologising’ Putnam: saving the realism in internal realism

South African Journal of Philosophy, 2014
Putnam’s internal realism attempts to overcome both radical subjectivism and metaphysical realism. While he agrees with subjectivists that we understand the world through conceptual schemes, Putnam rejects their ‘anything goes’ relativist conclusions, arguing that states and properties of the external world co-determine our understanding of the world ...
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Realism and International Relations

2022
Abstract This book puts forward a point of view about advancement for International Relations in general and realism in particular. If borne out, the arguments contained in this study could have far-reaching consequences for International Relations and even beyond. Effective debate among realists and those who identify with other schools
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