The Refutation of Conventionalism
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The Refutation of Conventionalism is a philosophical essay by Hilary Putnam that challenges the view that scientific truths and meanings are merely products of human conventions rather than reflecting objective aspects of reality.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Refutation of Conventionalism Context triple: [Mind, Language and Reality, hasPart, The Refutation of Conventionalism]
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On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
"On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme" is a highly influential 1974 philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that critiques the distinction between conceptual schemes and empirical content, challenging forms of relativism in the philosophy of language and mind.
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“Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
“Two Dogmas of Empiricism” is a landmark philosophical essay that challenges the analytic–synthetic distinction and reductionism, reshaping 20th-century debates in epistemology and the philosophy of language.
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Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on ontology, meaning, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics
"On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics" is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper that examines the relationship, boundaries, and methodological differences between empirical science and metaphysical speculation.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Refutation of Conventionalism Target entity description: The Refutation of Conventionalism is a philosophical essay by Hilary Putnam that challenges the view that scientific truths and meanings are merely products of human conventions rather than reflecting objective aspects of reality.
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A.
On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
"On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme" is a highly influential 1974 philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that critiques the distinction between conceptual schemes and empirical content, challenging forms of relativism in the philosophy of language and mind.
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B.
“Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
“Two Dogmas of Empiricism” is a landmark philosophical essay that challenges the analytic–synthetic distinction and reductionism, reshaping 20th-century debates in epistemology and the philosophy of language.
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C.
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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D.
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on ontology, meaning, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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E.
On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics
"On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics" is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper that examines the relationship, boundaries, and methodological differences between empirical science and metaphysical speculation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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