Conventional Realism and Political Inquiry
Channeling Wittgenstein
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Introduction
1 Representational Philosophy and Conventional Realism
2 Mentalism and the Problem of Concepts
3 The Realistic Imagination in Political Inquiry: The Case of International Relations
4 The Challenge to Representational Philosophy: Wittgenstein, Ryle, and Austin
5 Contemporary Anti-representationalism: Sellars, Davidson, Putnam, McDowell, and Dennett
6 Presentation and Representation in Social Inquiry
7 Conventional Realism
8 The Quest for the Real and the Fear of Relativism
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Index
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