Carnap and Realism

Mansouri, Ali Reza

Carnap and Realism

Document Type : Research Article

Author

Ali Reza Mansouri

Faculty member of the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Carnap's semantical approach and development of his line of thoughts about realismr is described. Carnap, in his last move by Ramsey-sentence approach, took a neutralized position. I compare Carnap's so called neutralism, as his final position, and Russell's structural realism, then examine his development of views and finally show that his alleged neutralism is inconclusive, and trivial.

Keywords

Scientific Realism

Structural Realism

Ramsey Sentence

Catnap

Russell

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