Language, Truth and Reality
Keywords:
philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, theories of truth, realism (philosophy), logicSynopsis
This edited volume contains philosophical essays on three central topics in analytic philosophy: the nature of reality in which we live, the nature of truth of claims or thoughts about reality, and the nature of language expressing these thoughts and referring to reality. The volume also contains novel philosophical reflection on the nature of philosophy itself.
The authors include leading philosophers and younger colleagues of Panu Raatikainen, Professor of Philosophy at Tampere University. This Festschrift offers a mosaic overview of his multifaceted contributions in philosophy by bringing together essays from his teachers, students, friends, and colleagues past and present. The articles engage in critical, constructive dialogue with Raatikainen's key ideas and arguments.
Chapters
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Language, truth, and realityAn introduction
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On ‘naturalism’
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In search of analytic philosophy
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A categorical theory of truth
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Putnam’s transcendental arguments
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A defense of Academic skepticism
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Is the argument from inductive risk merely research ethics?
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Quantifier Phrases with Referential Meanings
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No-content explanations
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The meaning of absurdity
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Questions of reference
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Carnapian explication and normativity
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Theories of reference: What really is the question?
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How ideal was Ockham’s universal mental language?
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The adventures of "ontology"
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Ten queries about Hasok Chang’s pragmatic realism
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Defining realism in social ontology
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The nominalist theory of natural kinds and kind essences
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On the irrelevance of freedom to the causal relevance of will
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Mental and normative causation
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Mental causation, folk psychology, and rational action explanation
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Could Raatikainen have written otherwise?
Published
November 20, 2025
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