Putnam on reference and constructible sets

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 48 (1):55-67 (1997)
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Abstract

Putnam argues that, by ‘reinterpretation’, the Axiom of Constructibility can be saved from empirical refutation. This paper contends that this argument fails, a failure which leaves Putnam's sweeping appeal to the Lowenheim –Skolem Theorem inadequately motivated

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Reason, Truth and History.Hilary Putnam - 1981 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
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