Putnam’s Schemata

Because the issues involved are crucial, because his criticism of the classical view of science, particularly as it is exemplified in the work of Karl Popper, can be met (see Section I ), and because a close consideration of his work usually leads to pregnant philosophical conjectures (see Section II), I discuss in detail in this paper Hilary Putnam's important but neglected paper "The Degree of 'Corroboration' " (6).