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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Philosophy, 1984. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 487-495).

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In what follows I will examine problems surrounding Hilary Putnam's defense of 'internal' realism. I will begin by considering his motivations for rejecting what he calls 'metaphysical realism' and the theory of truth that this leads him to adopt. This theory, idealized rational acceptability, in turn raises doubts that 'internal' realism could be an undesirable form of 'relativism'. Putnam tries to show that his position is distinct from relativism, giving several specific arguments that the latter is inconsistent in various ways in which 'internal' realism is not. These arguments will constitute the main focus of this work. I shall argue that the arguments only succeed against a very narrow and naive class of relativist positions. I will then consider a more careful formulation of a sophisticated relativism offered by Chris Swoyer. From this it will be seen that other relativist doubts can be eliminated and I will then briefly consider what other resources the 'internal' realist position can make use of to deal with some remaining difficulties.

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In Part I, spherically symmetric solutions of Rastall's 1971 gravitational field equations for empty space-time are examined. One static solution is found to be just a static spherically symmetric Newtonian metric; i.e., the metric of Rastall's 1968 scalar theory of gravity. However, there are other solutions which satisfy the same boundary conditions at spatial infinity. It is observed that the time-like vector field n[formula omitted] appearing in the field equations is not uniquely defined when the metric is assumed to be spherically symmetric. Part I concludes with a discussion of the effects of this ambiguity upon the solutions of the field equations. Part II is a discussion of an alternative procedure for generalizing Rastall's 1968 theory of gravity. The new, generalized Newtonian metric is assumed to satisfy the linearized vacuum field equations of General Relativity in the weak-field limit. The quantities from which generalized Newtonian metrics are constructed are then found to exhibit wave-like behavior. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

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