The Philosophy of Hilary Putnam

The Philosophy of Hilary Putnam

by Lewis Edwin HahnRandall E. Auxier and Douglas R. Anderson
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 18/05/2015

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Hilary Putnam, who turned 88 in 2014, is one of the world’s greatest living philosophers. He currently holds the position of Cogan University Professor Emeritus of Harvard. He has been called one of the 20th century’s true philosophic giants” (by Malcolm Thorndike Nicholson in Prospect magazine in 2013). He has been very influential in several different areas of philosophy: philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science. This volume in the prestigious Library of Living Philosophers series contains 26 chapters original to this work, each written by a well-known philosopher, including the late Richard Rorty and the late Michael Dummett. The volume also includes Putnam’s reply to each of the 26 critical and descriptive essays, which cover the broad range of Putnam’s thought. They are organized thematically into the following parts: Philosophy and Mathematics, Logic and Language, Knowing and Being, Philosophy of Practice, and Elements of Pragmatism. Readers will also appreciate the extensive Intellectual Autobiography.

ISBN:
9780812698985
9780812698985
Category:
Philosophy of mind
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
18-05-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Open Court

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