{"product_id":"philosophical-papers-volume-3-realism-and-reason-paperback-9780521313940","title":"Philosophical Papers: Volume 3, Realism and Reason (Paperback) 9780521313940","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhilosophical Papers: Volume 3, Realism and Reason\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHilary Putnam (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521313940, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 December 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 2 cm, 0.498 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'The volume as a whole shows Putnam at the top of his form - moving easily back and forth between brilliantly original arguments on small points in the philosophy of language, and equally original diagnoses of large-scale cultural trends. The book is analytic philosophy at its best. It makes one realize that Putnam is, among contemporary analytic philosophers, the one who most resembles Russell: not just in intellectual curiosity and willingness to change his mind, but in the breadth of his interests and in the extent of his social and moral concerns.' Richard Rorty, The London Review of Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the third volume of Hilary Putnam's philosophical papers, published in paperback for the first time. The volume contains his major essays from 1975 to 1982, which reveal a large shift in emphasis in the 'realist' position developed in his earlier work. While not renouncing those views, Professor Putnam has continued to explore their epistemological consequences and conceptual history. He now, crucially, sees theories of truth and of meaning that derive from a firm notion of reference as inadequate.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Models and reality\u003cbr\u003e 2. Equivalence\u003cbr\u003e 3. Possibility and necessity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reference and truth\u003cbr\u003e 5. “two dogmas' revisited\u003cbr\u003e 6. There is at least one a priori truth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Analyticity and apriority: beyond Wittgenstein and Quine\u003cbr\u003e 8. Computational psychology and interpretation theory\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reflections on Goodman's Ways of Worldmaking\u003cbr\u003e 10. Convention: a theme in philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Philosophers and human understanding\u003cbr\u003e 12. Why there isn't a ready-made world\u003cbr\u003e 13. Why reason can't be naturalized\u003cbr\u003e 14. Quantum mechanics and the observer\u003cbr\u003e 15. Vaguenes and alternative logic\u003cbr\u003e 16. Beyond historicism\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], 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]\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":46001701486872,"sku":"9780521313940","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521313940i_2e75257b-f33e-4f92-ad10-df93f60236b5.jpg?v=1691375071","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/philosophical-papers-volume-3-realism-and-reason-paperback-9780521313940","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}