El realismo interno de Putnam en retrospectiva

Authors

  • Howard Sankey University of Melbourne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_arif/a.rif.201812921

Abstract

As is well known, Putnam changed his philosophical position on a number of occasions

throughout his career. In this paper, I reconsider the position of internal realism

which Putnam defended from the mid-1970’s until around 1990. The paper opens

with a discussion of the position that Putnam called “metaphysical realism”, since

his internal realism emerged out of a critique of that position. The paper then briefly

presents the internal realist view as one which involves an epistemic conception of

truth, as well as an anti-realist metaphysical outlook on which objects depend on

conceptual scheme. The paper then provides a survey of the key objections to internal

realism which emerged in the ensuing debate with defenders of realism. The paper

concludes with a brief consideration of the relevance of Putnam’s later adoption of

a direct realist theory of perception with respect to the issue of realism.

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Published

2018-07-12

How to Cite

Sankey, H. (2018). El realismo interno de Putnam en retrospectiva. Analysis. Journal of Philosophical Research, 5(1), 27–50. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_arif/a.rif.201812921