Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Putnam's Paradox', 'talk' and 'Brandom on Social Practices and Representations'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 2. Isomorphisms

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A consistent theory just needs one model; isomorphic versions will do too, and large domains provide those [Lewis]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Anti-realists see the world as imaginary, or lacking joints, or beyond reference, or beyond truth [Lewis]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

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A gerrymandered mereological sum can be a mess, but still have natural joints [Lewis]

14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction

7295	Maybe induction is only reliable IF reality is stable [Mitchell,A]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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Causal theories of reference make errors in reference easy [Lewis]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description

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Descriptive theories remain part of the theory of reference (with seven mild modifications) [Lewis]