Works by Mclaughlin, Amy L. (exact spelling)

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  1. Peircean Polymorphism: Between Realism and Anti-realism.Amy L. McLaughlin - 2009 - Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 45 (3):402-421.
    This paper provides a framework, based on Peircean pragmatism and a supplemental metaphysical principle, for reconciling realism and antirealism. Peircean polymorphism, the resultant position defended in the paper, is a realist position, accepting that there is a world that exists and has characteristics of its own, independently of our experience of it. The position denies, however, what I call the uniqueness assumption about truth -- that it is possible for one, unique representational approach to adequately represent reality. While Peirce does (...)
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