Lexicon of Arguments

Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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VI 389
Theory/Putnam: earlier theories are limiting cases of later theories. This is convergence and that explains also why theoretical terms retain their reference.
>Convergence, >Theoretical terms, >Reference, >Theory change, >Meaning change.
VI 392
Ideal Theory/Putnam: if we can see the fulfillment-relation as unintended, it is useless to say that even the ideal theory "in reality" could be wrong.
>Satisfaction, >Satisfiability.
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I (a) 49
Meaning/theory/PutnamVsCarnap/VsPositivism: the theory does not determine the meaning. Otherwise, the term gravity would change if a 10th planet was discovered. In addition, the positivists demand that the theory is dependent on all additional assumptions, otherwise the schema theory and prediction would collapse.
I (b) 63
Theory/Putnam: two theories do not have to have equivalent terms, but only the same reference.
I (c) 97
Truth/logic/Putnam: the meaning of "true" and the connectives are not determined by their formal logic. -> Holism/Quine: the distinction between the whole theory and meanings of each statement is useless.

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