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C. I. Lewis and the analyticity debate
pp. 201-227
Abstract
Carnap, Lewis and others take a pragmatic stand on the question of choosing between language forms, scientific frameworks; but their pragmatism leaves off at the imagined boundary between the analytic and the synthetic. In repudiating such a boundary I espouse a more thorough pragmatism. Each man is given a scientific heritage plus a continuing barrage of sensory stimulation; and the considerations which guide him in warping his scientific heritage to fit his continuing sensory promptings are, where rational, pragmatic. (Quine, 1953, p. 46)
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Published in:
Reck Erich (2013) The historical turn in analytic philosophy. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 201-227
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-30487-2_9
Full citation:
Baldwin Thomas (2013) „C. I. Lewis and the analyticity debate“, In: E. Reck (ed.), The historical turn in analytic philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer, 201–227.