Yemima Ben-Menahem (ed.)

Hilary Putnam

Ed. by Yemima Ben-Menahem

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The essays in this volume discuss Putnam's major philosophical contributions to the theory of meaning, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of science and mathematics, and moral theory. The volume also constitutes a critical introduction to a number of central issues in contemporary philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary Philosophy in Focus
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9780521813112
• ISBN-10: 0521813115
• Artikelnr.: 14716014

Autorenporträt

Yemima Ben-Menahem is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Yemima Ben-Menahem; 2. Putnam's 'the meaning of meaning': externalism in historical context Juliet Floyd; 3. The face of perception Charles Travis; 4. Realism, beyond miracles Axel Mueller and Arthur Fine; 5. Putnam on scepticism Yemima Ben-Menahem; 6. The tale of quantum logic Tim Maudlin; 7. Another philosopher looks at quantum mechanics Nancy Cartwright; 8. Structural realism and contextual individualism John Stachel; 9. The rise and fall of machine functionalism Oron Shagrir; 10. The pragmatic turn: the entanglement of fact and value Richard J. Bernstein.