“Carnap” and “the Polish logician” |
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Authors: | van Inwagen Peter |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow, 69 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G12 8QQ, UK |
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Abstract: | InThe Many Faces of Realism and elsewhere, Hilary Putnam has presented an argument for the conclusion that there is no fact of the matter as to how many
objects there are. In brief: “Carnap” says that a certain imaginary world contains three objects, ×1, ×2, and ×3. The “Polish
logician” says that this same world must contain four other objects (×1 + ×2, ×1 + ×2 + ×3, etc.). Putnam maintains that there
can be no fact of the matter as to whether the imaginary world contains three or seven objects. I examine Putnam’s argument
and find it, at bottom, unintelligible. |
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