Putnam's Meaning-Based Version of Ontological Pluralism

نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی پژوهشی

نویسنده

گروه فلسفه، دانشکدۀ ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران

10.22091/jptr.2023.8764.2793

چکیده

Putnam has received less attention in the discussion of ontological pluralism. However, he can be considered one of the leaders of this approach. The following article pursues the same purpose: that is, pursuing the procedure that Putnam gradually moved away from metaphysical realism and eventually became an ontologicaal pluralist. The discussion begins with Quine's ontological ideas and it discusses how these ideas can be viewed, at least in Putnam's interpretation, as a monistic approach to ontology. Hence, ontological pluralism is, in a way, a rejection of such ideas. Then, I have dealt with Putnam's arguments against metaphysical realism, and of course its inherent monism. I have shown how his arguments presented in this article in opposition to metaphysical realism can be grouped into a single doctrine called semanticism. So this doctrine, and its relation to Putnam's pluralistic approach, is also discussed. To better understand Putnam's version of ontological pluralism, which I have called Meaning-Based version, two other versions have been introduced: the Sorting version, attributed to Aristotle, and the Language-Based version, attributed to Carnap. Then, I listed one by one the differences between the Putnam's version and the other two versions, especially the Carnap's version. Finally, the basic components of the Meaning-Based version of ontological pluralism are discussed.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Putnam's Meaning-Based Version of Ontological Pluralism

نویسنده [English]

  • Mohammad Hossein Esfandiari
Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
چکیده [English]

Putnam has received less attention in the discussion of ontological pluralism. However, he can be considered one of the leaders of this approach. The following article pursues the same purpose: that is, pursuing the procedure that Putnam gradually moved away from metaphysical realism and eventually became an ontologicaal pluralist. The discussion begins with Quine's ontological ideas and it discusses how these ideas can be viewed, at least in Putnam's interpretation, as a monistic approach to ontology. Hence, ontological pluralism is, in a way, a rejection of such ideas. Then, I have dealt with Putnam's arguments against metaphysical realism, and of course its inherent monism. I have shown how his arguments presented in this article in opposition to metaphysical realism can be grouped into a single doctrine called semanticism. So this doctrine, and its relation to Putnam's pluralistic approach, is also discussed. To better understand Putnam's version of ontological pluralism, which I have called Meaning-Based version, two other versions have been introduced: the Sorting version, attributed to Aristotle, and the Language-Based version, attributed to Carnap. Then, I listed one by one the differences between the Putnam's version and the other two versions, especially the Carnap's version. Finally, the basic components of the Meaning-Based version of ontological pluralism are discussed.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Ontological Pluralism
  • Putnam
  • Semanticism
  • Conceptual Relativity
  • Conceptual Pluralism
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