The aim of the paper is to present the semantic characterisation of the debates between realists and anti-realists proposed by Dummett. In particular, the role of the principles of bivalence and of valence as criteria of realism is discussed (§ 3), and the relations between anti-realism, reductivism and reductionism are analyzed (§ 4). In § 5 the status of the verificationist principle of knowability is discussed; it is argued that its ordinary formalization has not, for an anti-realist, the same meaning it has for a realist, and the possibility of a ‘neutral’ formalization is discussed.

Usberti, G. (2006). The Semantic Characterisation of the Realism/Anti-Realism Debate. In Logic and Philosophy in Italy (pp. 447-463). MONZA : Polimetrica.

The Semantic Characterisation of the Realism/Anti-Realism Debate

USBERTI, GABRIELE
2006-01-01

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The aim of the paper is to present the semantic characterisation of the debates between realists and anti-realists proposed by Dummett. In particular, the role of the principles of bivalence and of valence as criteria of realism is discussed (§ 3), and the relations between anti-realism, reductivism and reductionism are analyzed (§ 4). In § 5 the status of the verificationist principle of knowability is discussed; it is argued that its ordinary formalization has not, for an anti-realist, the same meaning it has for a realist, and the possibility of a ‘neutral’ formalization is discussed.
2006
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Usberti, G. (2006). The Semantic Characterisation of the Realism/Anti-Realism Debate. In Logic and Philosophy in Italy (pp. 447-463). MONZA : Polimetrica.
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