Radykalny konwencjonalizm współcześnie

• Authors: Trela Renata
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In this article, I reconstruct Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz’s view that he called radical conventionalism (as opposed to moderate conventionalism developed by Henri Poincaré and Pierre Duhem). Then, I recall little‑known criticism of this approach developed by Stefan Amsterdamski. Finally, I demonstrate, contrary to the conception of the originator’s declarations, that a radical conventionalism is not a ‘paper fiction’. On the other hand, the standpoint of radical conventionalism is useful due to the precision of expressions provided to it by Ajdukiewicz; it shows the difficulties that have to be tackled by each philosophical approach assuming a social constructivism or related notion.

Keywords

EN

radical conventionalism; Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz; Stefan Amsterdamski; social constructivism; theory of reference; realism; empiricism

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. KEN w Krakowie, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii
• Journal: ARGUMENT: Biannual Philosophical Journal
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 325-340

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Trela Renata