{"product_id":"philosophical-papers-volume-2-mind-language-and-reality-paperback-9780521295512","title":"Philosophical Papers: Volume 2, Mind, Language and Reality (Paperback) 9780521295512","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhilosophical Papers: Volume 2, Mind, Language and Reality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Hilary Putnam's most important published work is collected here in two volumes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHilary Putnam (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521295512, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 April 1979\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e476 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.606 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Professor Putnam presents a powerful, coherent and persuasive system of thought. Ranging widely over the topics mentioned in their titles, the two volumes of essays yet have a remarkable degree of unity. Their themes overlap and are linked, as philosophical themes, seriously handled, must always overlap and be linked. In a period in which the general level of philosophical competence, as evidenced in publication, is extremely high, Putnam's work stands conspicuously out by virtue of its combination of technical sophistication, clear-sightedness, depth and power. Nothing of what he says is trivial, most of it is true and all parts of it are systematically interconnected. His prose - lucid, lively and unpretentious - is an excellent medium for his thought.' P. F. Strawson, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Hilary Putnam has been one of the most influential and sharply original of recent American philosophers in a whole range of fields. His most important published work is collected here, together with several new and substantial studies, in two volumes. The first deals with the philosophy of mathematics and of science and the nature of philosophical and scientific enquiry; the second deals with the philosophy of language and mind. Volume one is now issued in a new edition, including an essay on the philosophy of logic first published in 1971.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Language and philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 2. The analytic and synthetic\u003cbr\u003e 3. Do true assertions correspond to reality?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Some issues in the theory of grammar\u003cbr\u003e 5. The 'innateness hypothesis' and explanatory models in linguistics\u003cbr\u003e 6. How not to talk about meaning\u003cbr\u003e 7. Review of The concept of a person\u003cbr\u003e 8. Is semantics possible?\u003cbr\u003e 9. The refutation of conventionalism\u003cbr\u003e 10. Reply to Gerald Massey\u003cbr\u003e 11. Explanation and reference\u003cbr\u003e 12. The meaning of 'meaning'\u003cbr\u003e 13. Language and reality\u003cbr\u003e 14. Philosophy and our mental life\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dreaming and 'depth grammar'\u003cbr\u003e 16. Brains and behaviour\u003cbr\u003e 17. Other minds\u003cbr\u003e 18. Minds and machines\u003cbr\u003e 19. Robots: machines or artificially created life?\u003cbr\u003e 20. The mental life of some machines\u003cbr\u003e 21. The nature of mental states\u003cbr\u003e 22. Logical positivism and the philosophy of mind\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of language [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of language\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20language%20%5BCFA%5D%22\"\u003eCFA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001325343000,"sku":"9780521295512","price":29.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521295512i_12d2d907-a136-4013-9e85-c9a6dd3f9045.jpg?v=1691374854","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/philosophical-papers-volume-2-mind-language-and-reality-paperback-9780521295512","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}