Reading Putnam (Electronic book text)


Hilary Putnam is one of the worldOCOs leading philosophers. His highly original and often provocative ideas have set the agenda for a variety of debates in philosophy of science, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. His now famous philosophical thought experiments, such as the OCyTwin earthOCO and OCythe brains in the vatOCO have become part of the established canon in philosophy and cognitive science.

Reading Putnam is an outstanding overview and assessment of Hilary PutnamOCOs work by a team of international contributors, and includes replies by Putnam himself. Divided into clear sections, it contains chapters on key aspects of PutnamOCOs large body of writing, including:

  • Scientific realism and the changes that PutnamOCOs thought has undergone on this topic
  • analyticity and ontology, including the important interconnections between the views of Putnam and Quine
  • PutnamOCOs arguments concerning externalist views of meaning and reference, questions of conceptual relativity, and his preoccupation with ethics through a denial of the factOCovalue dichotomy
  • PutnamOCOs developing views on perception.

Offering an excellent survey of PutnamOCOs work, "Reading Putnam" is essential for those studying philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science, as well as for anyone interested in contemporary philosophy.


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Hilary Putnam is one of the worldOCOs leading philosophers. His highly original and often provocative ideas have set the agenda for a variety of debates in philosophy of science, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. His now famous philosophical thought experiments, such as the OCyTwin earthOCO and OCythe brains in the vatOCO have become part of the established canon in philosophy and cognitive science.

Reading Putnam is an outstanding overview and assessment of Hilary PutnamOCOs work by a team of international contributors, and includes replies by Putnam himself. Divided into clear sections, it contains chapters on key aspects of PutnamOCOs large body of writing, including:

  • Scientific realism and the changes that PutnamOCOs thought has undergone on this topic
  • analyticity and ontology, including the important interconnections between the views of Putnam and Quine
  • PutnamOCOs arguments concerning externalist views of meaning and reference, questions of conceptual relativity, and his preoccupation with ethics through a denial of the factOCovalue dichotomy
  • PutnamOCOs developing views on perception.

Offering an excellent survey of PutnamOCOs work, "Reading Putnam" is essential for those studying philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science, as well as for anyone interested in contemporary philosophy.

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Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

August 2012

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First published

2013

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Format

Electronic book text

Pages

400

ISBN-13

978-1-136-30217-6

Barcode

9781136302176

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LSN

1-136-30217-4



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