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analytic synthetic distinction
analyticity
Arterial Switch Operation
brain in a vat
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cognitive science theory
Conceptual Capacities
conceptual relativity
consciousness
Dewey Lectures
Duhemian Holism
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externalism
fact value distinction
Good Epistemic Conditions
Hilary Putnam
Hypothetico Deductive Method
Individuating Particularity
Interface Picture
Inverted Spectrum Hypothesis
Mereological Sums
Metaphysical Realism
Mind Brain Identity Theory
Model Theoretic Argument
Moore's Propositions
Moore’s Propositions
moral epistemology
Moral Images
Natural Kind Term
ontology
Partial Denotation
philosophy of language
philosophy of mind
philosophy of perception debates
philosophy of science
pluralism
pragmatism
Putnam 2004b
Putnam's Characterization
Putnam's Critique
qualia
quantum physics
Quine
Quine 1981a
Quine's View
realism
Relevant Causal Structures
scientific pluralism
semantic externalism
twin earth
Vice Versa
Wittgenstein

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415530071
  • Weight: 400g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Jul 2012
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

Hilary Putnam is one of the world’s 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 ‘Twin earth’ and ‘the brains in the vat’ have become part of the established canon in philosophy and cognitive science.

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

  • Scientific realism and the changes that Putnam’s thought has undergone on this topic

  • analyticity and ontology, including the important interconnections between the views of Putnam and Quine

  • Putnam’s arguments concerning externalist views of meaning and reference, questions of conceptual relativity, and his preoccupation with ethics through a denial of the fact–value dichotomy

  • Putnam’s developing views on perception.

Offering an excellent survey of Putnam’s 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.
About
Hilary Putnam is Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of eighteen books and numerous articles. His work has been instrumental in furthering research in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of science and mathematics. Maria Baghramian is currently the Head of School of Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland and the editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.