Reading Putnam
Philosophers and their Critics
1. Auflage Dezember 1995
312 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
From the philosophy of mind and language, through physics and
mathematics, to the philosophy of the human sciences, morality and
religion, there is almost no area of philosophy to which Hilary
Putnam has not made highly original and influential contributions.
This wide-ranging collection of papers provides a critical
assessment and exploration of Putnam's Seminal Work. Written by
Philosophers themselves well known for their work in the field,
each essay bears witness to the continuing influence and importance
of Putnam's thought. Putnam's reply constitutes an extensive new
essay which clarifies, and develops further, central themes in his
philosophy.
This volume includes papers by Simon Blackburn, George Boolos,
Michael Hallett, Michael Redhead, Thomas Ricketts, David Wiggins
and Crispin Wright.
Introduction: Peter Clark and Bob Hale.
1. Enchanting Views: Simon Blackburn.
2. 1879?: George Boolos.
3. Wittgenstein on Necessity: Some Reflections: Michael
Dummett.
4. Putnam and the Skolem Paradox: Michael Hallett.
5. Reliability, Realism and Relativism: Kevin Kelly, Cory Juhl
and Clark Glymour.
6. Logic, Quanta and the Two-slit Experiemnt.
7. Carnap's Principle of Tolerance, Empiricism, and
Conventionalism: Thomas Ricketts.
8. Putnam's Doctrine of Natural Kind Words and Frege's Doctrines
of Sense, Reference, and Extension: Can They Cohere?: David
Wiggins.
9. On Putnam's Proof that We Are Not Brains in a Vat: Crispin
Wright.
10. Comments and Replies: Hilary Putnam.
Select Bibliography of the Publications of Hiliary Putnam.
Index of Names.
Mathametical Logic in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard
University. Putnam has written extensively on the philosophy of
mathematics, philosophy of natureal science, philosophy of
language, and the philosophy of mind. The most recent publications
is Pragmatism: An Open Question (Blackwell Publishers,
1995).
Peter Clark is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the
University of St Andrews, Scotland. He co-edited Mind,
Psychoanalysis and Science.
Bob Hale is Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at Glasgow
University, Scotland. He is the author of Abstract
Objects.
