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C. I. Lewis and the analyticity debate

Thomas Baldwin(Department of Sociology, University of York)

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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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.