1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The purpose of the book is to develop internal realism, the metaphysical-episte- mological doctrine initiated by Hilary Putnam (Reason, Truth and History, "Introduction," Many Faces). In doing so I shall rely - sometimes quite heavily - on the notion of conceptual scheme. I shall use the notion in a somewhat idiosyncratic way, which, however, has some affinities with the ways the notion has been used during its history. So I shall start by sketching the history of the notion. This will provide some background, and it will also give opportunity to raise some of the...
1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The purpose of the book is to develop internal realism, the metaphysical-episte- mological doctrine initiated by Hilary Putna...