A Critique of Putnam's Principle of the Beneet of Doubt

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  • Igor Douven
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The Principle of the Beneet of Doubt dictates that, whenever reasonably possible, we interpret earlier-day scientists as referring to entities posited by current science. Putnam has presented the principle as supplementary to his Causal Theory of Reference in order to make this theory generally applicable to scientiic terms. The present paper argues that the principle is of doubtful standing. In particular, it will be argued that the principle lacks a justiication and, indeed, is unjustiiable as it stands.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007