Semantic Challenges to Realism: Dummett and Putnam by Mark Quentin Gardiner

Semantic Challenges to Realism: Dummett and Putnam by Mark Quentin Gardiner University of Toronto Press (2000), Hardcover, 320 pages Condition: Pre-Owned / Very Good - clean inside, binding is tight.  Anti-realism entered the philosophical scene some twenty years ago, and has since become a widely accepted view. But although many philosophers espouse anti-realism, the only sustained arguments for the position are due to Michael Dummett and Hilary Putnam. Much discussion of their views has appeared in the journals, especially concerning some of Putnam's pithy and memorable expositions, like the 'Brain in the Vat'; however, this is the first book to provide a thorough examination and rebuttal of their arguments. Dummett's and Putnam's arguments are long, complex, and often technical. They have been developed over time, often in response to criticisms of earlier formulations or to the parallel but independent research of others, and accordingly, each of their premises gives rise to a ho