Search for dissertations about: "hilary putnam a priori"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words hilary putnam a priori.

2. 1. Hilary Putnam on Meaning and Necessity

   Author : Anders Öberg; Sören Stenlund; Sharon Rider; Pierre Wagner; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; philosophy of language; philosophy of science; philosophy of mathematics; Hilary Putnam; W.V. Quine; Rudolf Carnap; realism; anti-realism; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : In this dissertation on Hilary Putnam's philosophy, I investigate his development regarding meaning and necessity, in particular mathematical necessity. Putnam has been a leading American philosopher since the end of the 1950s, becoming famous in the 1960s within the school of analytic philosophy, associated in particular with the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language. READ MORE