LEADER 03727nam 2200757 450 001 9910780657803321 005 20231206211346.0 010 $a1-4426-7974-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442679740 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001426 035 $a(EBL)4671943 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000377939 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11282094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377939 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10354742 035 $a(PQKB)10819026 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600671 035 $a(DE-B1597)464853 035 $a(OCoLC)944177597 035 $a(OCoLC)999378663 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442679740 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671943 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257631 035 $a(OCoLC)288106319 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/t504w6 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418050 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671943 035 $a(OCoLC)1388206925 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255402 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001426 100 $a20160922h20002000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSemantic challenges to realism $eDummett and Putnam /$fMark Quentin Gardiner 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2000. 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 225 0 $aToronto Studies in Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-4771-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: DUMMETT'S SEMANTIC ANTI-REALISM -- 1 Dummett's Constraints -- Meaning and Metaphysics -- 2 Dummett's Critique of Semantic Realism -- The Acquisition Argument -- The Manifestation Argument -- 3 Responses to the Negative Program -- Decidability -- Are There Any Undecidable Sentences? -- Other Sources of Undecidability? -- 4 Responses to the Positive Program -- Does an Anti-Realist Semantics Harmonize with the Constraints on Understanding? -- Realist Routes to Manifestation -- The Naivety of Both Realist and Anti-Realist Semantics. 327 $aPART II: PUTNAM'S INTERNAL REALISM -- 5 Portraits: Metaphysical and Internal Realisms -- 6 The Model-Theoretic Argument -- Against the ""Just More Theory"" Ploy -- Against the Very Idea of an Epistemically Ideal Theory -- 7 Brains in Vats -- The Argument -- Responses to the Argument -- The Vat Argument and Realism -- 8 The Argument from Equivalence -- Against Verisimilitude -- Against the Existential Claim -- Empirical Equivalence and the Model-Theoretic Argument -- A Second Argument from Equivalence -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J. 327 $aK -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. 330 $aAlthough many philosophers espouse anti-realism, the only sustained arguments for the position are due to Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam. Gardiner's unpretentious style and lucid organization make sense of Dummett's and Putnam's discourse. 410 0$aToronto studies in philosophy 606 $aRealism 606 $aSemantics (Philosophy) 608 $aLivres numeriques. 608 $ae-books. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRealism. 615 0$aSemantics (Philosophy) 676 $a149/.2 700 $aGardiner$b Mark Q$g(Mark Quentin),$f1963-$01528346 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780657803321 996 $aSemantic challenges to realism$93771859 997 $aUNINA