Philosophical representation : studies in in attitudinal instrumentalism /

This book focuses on how we should treat philosophy's theoretical representations. It argues in favor of an instrumentalist attitude towards pivotal cases of theoretical representation in philosophy that are commonly regarded under a realist attitude. Philosophy is awash with theoretical repres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simchen, Ori (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2023].
Series:Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Philosophical explanation
  • Justified attitudinal realism
  • Attitudinal instrumentalism in semantics
  • Semantics and ordinary language
  • Propositions and what is said
  • The content program
  • Rules and representation
  • Postscript.