More on Putnam’s models: a reply to Belloti

Erkenntnis 67 (1):119-135 (2007)
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In an earlier paper, I claimed that one version of Putnam's model-theoretic argument against realism turned on a subtle, but philosophically significant, mathematical mistake. Recently, Luca Bellotti has criticized my argument for this claim. This paper responds to Bellotti's criticisms.

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Models and reality.Hilary Putnam - 1980 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 45 (3):464-482.
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