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Contemporary interpretation of radical conventionalism

Author(s): Renata Trela
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: radical conventionalism; Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz; Stefan Amsterdamski; social constructivism; theory of reference; realism; empiricism

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: IV/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 325-340
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish