REALISMUL EPISTEMOLOGIC CA REALISM CONVERGENT. O ABORDARE CRITICĂ A PROBLEMEI REFERINŢEI
Epistemological realism as convergent realism. A critical approach to reference

Summary/Abstract: My aim in this paper is to analyze the strong criticism which was proposedby Larry Laudan against epistemological realism understood as convergent realism.Richard Boyd and Hilary Putnam claimed that the terms of mature scientific theoriesusually refer and that the scientific laws are true. Based on the history of science, Laudanasserts that we can’t argue that all successful theories usually refer. My thesis is that wecan use the notion of aproximative truth in order to save the so-called convergentrealism in a weak sense. Moreover, a shift to pragmatism is a good way toward areconciliation.

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