Putnam Pragmatism & Realism

James Conant, Urszula M. Zeglen0415256054, 9780415256056

One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam’s involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic. This edited volume explores Putnam’s contribution to the contemporary realist and pragmatist debate and includes Putnam’s comments on each issue raised.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Preface……Page 12
Acknowledgements……Page 13
Introduction……Page 16
1 Taking pragmatism seriously……Page 20
2 Pragmatism and nonscientific knowledge……Page 27
3 Pragmatism and legal reasoning……Page 38
4 Pragmatics and pragmatisms……Page 53
5 Knowledge of the truth in pragmatic perspective……Page 79
6 Realism with a metaphysical skull……Page 110
7 The causal theory of perception and direct realism……Page 122
8 Functionalism realism and levels of being……Page 141
9 From alethic anti realism to alethic realism……Page 157
10 Truth and trans theoretical terms……Page 180
11 What laws of logic say……Page 201
Notes……Page 224
Writings of Hilary Putnam……Page 242
Bibliography……Page 244
Index……Page 252