Putnam’s flaw is to try to prescribe how language works. Putnam is like, language works like X because it has to, ignoring that we create language and can choose how it works. I’d agree with the suggestion further up that the typical mind fallacy is at work here.
Putnam’s flaw is to try to prescribe how language works. Putnam is like, language works like X because it has to, ignoring that we create language and can choose how it works. I’d agree with the suggestion further up that the typical mind fallacy is at work here.