Hilary Putnam: Metaphysical and Internal Realism

Abstract

I find a great deal of agreement between myself and Hilary Putnam’s views on realism. Like me he rejects what he calls metaphysical realism which he also calls realism with a capital ‘R’. He calls himself a realist with a small ‘r’. He describes what he embraces as ‘internal realism’ and sometimes as ‘common sense realism’ or ‘pragmatic realism’.