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vi, 238 pages ; 24 cm |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays by Hilary Putnam, one of the very few contemporary grand masters of philosophy, presents the last development of Putnam's reflections regarding the core issue of his entire career: how to develop a form of philosophical realism able to account for both the scientific and the humanistic view of the world - that is, a conception in which the naturalistic view of the world can be reconciled with the acknowledgment that normative phenomena are a fundamental part of our lives. Many great philosophers, from Hume to Kant, from Mill to Sellars, from Quine to Davidson, have faced this challenge."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Liberal naturalism and normativity -- Naturalism, realism, and normativity -- On Bernard Williams' philosophy as a humanistic discipline -- What evolutionary theory doesn't tell us about ethics -- Realism and ontology -- Sosa on internal realism and conceptual relativity -- Richard Boyd on scientific realism -- Realism and verificationism -- Hans Reichenbach: realist and verificationist -- Between Scylla and Charybdis: does Dummett have a way through? -- When "evidence transcendence" is not malign -- Naïve realism, sensation and apperception -- Sensation and apperception -- Perception without sense data -- "Naïve realism" and qualia -- Looking back -- The development of externalist semantics -- Sixty-five years of philosophy: a participant's thoughts and experiences. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Realism.
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Naturalism.
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Perception (Philosophy)
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Normativity (Ethics)
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Naturalism. (OCoLC)fst01034534
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Normativity (Ethics) (OCoLC)fst01039140
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Perception (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst01057637
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Realism. (OCoLC)fst01091228
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| Added Author |
De Caro, Mario, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780674659698 (alk. paper) |
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0674659694 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40025877626 |
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