Realism, Meaning and Truth
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Realism, Meaning and Truth is a major philosophical work by Crispin Wright that explores issues in the philosophy of language, truth, and realism, particularly through the lens of anti-realism and the nature of meaning.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Realism, Meaning and Truth Context triple: [Crispin Wright, notableWork, Realism, Meaning and Truth]
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A.
A Realist Conception of Truth
A Realist Conception of Truth is a philosophical work by William Alston that defends a robustly realist, correspondence-based account of truth against various anti-realist and deflationary theories.
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“Realism and Anti-Realism”
“Realism and Anti-Realism” is a philosophical essay by Michael Dummett that examines the debate over whether statements about the world have objective truth-values independent of our capacity to know or verify them.
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Truth and Meaning
Truth and Meaning is a seminal philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that argues for understanding meaning through a formal theory of truth inspired by Tarski.
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D.
The Many Faces of Realism
The Many Faces of Realism is a philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that explores and critiques various forms of metaphysical and scientific realism, arguing for a more nuanced, internal realist perspective.
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E.
Mind, Language and Reality
Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: Realism, Meaning and Truth Target entity description: Realism, Meaning and Truth is a major philosophical work by Crispin Wright that explores issues in the philosophy of language, truth, and realism, particularly through the lens of anti-realism and the nature of meaning.
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A.
A Realist Conception of Truth
A Realist Conception of Truth is a philosophical work by William Alston that defends a robustly realist, correspondence-based account of truth against various anti-realist and deflationary theories.
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B.
“Realism and Anti-Realism”
“Realism and Anti-Realism” is a philosophical essay by Michael Dummett that examines the debate over whether statements about the world have objective truth-values independent of our capacity to know or verify them.
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C.
Truth and Meaning
Truth and Meaning is a seminal philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that argues for understanding meaning through a formal theory of truth inspired by Tarski.
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D.
The Many Faces of Realism
The Many Faces of Realism is a philosophical work by Hilary Putnam that explores and critiques various forms of metaphysical and scientific realism, arguing for a more nuanced, internal realist perspective.
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E.
Mind, Language and Reality
Mind, Language and Reality is a landmark collection of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical essays that helped shape contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, language, and metaphysics.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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philosophical book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | analytic philosophy of language ⓘ |
| author | Crispin Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
criteria for realism about a discourse
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meaning-theoretic foundations for realism ⓘ realist vs anti-realist understandings of discourse ⓘ truth-conditions vs assertibility-conditions ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
metaphysics
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philosophy ⓘ philosophy of logic ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| genre | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays
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philosophical arguments ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary debates on realism
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contemporary debates on truth ⓘ semantic anti-realism literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fregean philosophy of language
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Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Michael Dummett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Dummettian anti-realism
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Wittgensteinian philosophy of language ⓘ anti-realism ⓘ assertibility conditions ⓘ bivalence ⓘ epistemology of truth ⓘ logical laws ⓘ meaning ⓘ norms of assertion ⓘ objectivity ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ realism ⓘ realism–anti-realism debate ⓘ realist metaphysics ⓘ realist truth-conditions ⓘ semantic anti-realism ⓘ semantic theory ⓘ truth ⓘ truth-conditional semantics ⓘ verificationism ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective |
anti-realist approach to meaning
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critical examination of realism ⓘ deflationary tendencies about truth (discussed, not simply endorsed) ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of philosophy
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professional philosophers ⓘ |
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