Professor Hilary Putnam has been one of the most influential and sharply original of recent American philosophers in a whole range of fields. His most important published work is collected here, together with several new and substantial studies, in two volumes. The first deals with the philosophy of mathematics and of science and the nature of philosophical and scientific enquiry; the second deals with the philosophy of language and mind. Volume one is now issued in a new edition, including an essay on the philosophy of logic first published in 1971.
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'Professor Putnam presents a powerful, coherent and persuasive system of thought. Ranging widely over the topics mentioned in their titles, the two volumes of essays yet have a remarkable degree of unity. Their themes overlap and are linked, as philosophical themes, seriously handled, must always overlap and be linked. In a period in which the general level of philosophical competence, as evidence in publication, is extremely high, Putnam's work stands conspicuously out by virtue of its combination of technical sophistication, clear-sightedness, depth and power. Nothing of what he says is trivial, most of it is true and all parts of it are systematically interconnected. His prose-lucid, lively and unpretentious - is an excellent medium for his thought.' P. F. Strawson, Times Literary Supplement
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The volumes in this series bring together the papers of one of America's most distinguished philosophers. The first two volumes, which appeared in 1975, marked his highly significant and original contribution in a number of related fields and were praised for their "technical sophistication, clear-sightedness, depth, and power." The third volume contains the major essays written since then and reveals modifications of and amplifications on some of Professor Putnam's beliefs.
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- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 86, page 113, and page 119
- The Elements of Mathematical Logic by Paul C. Rosenbloom on page 290, and Back Matter
- The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation (2nd edition) by Ernest Nagel on page 96, and Back Matter
- Methods of Logic by W. V. Quine on page 229, and Back Matter
- RC Series Bundle: The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Routledge Classics) by Karl Popper on page 251, and Back Matter
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- Metaphysics by D. W. Hamlyn on 6 pages
- Husserl or Frege?: Meaning, Objectivity, and Mathematics by Claire Ortiz Hill on 5 pages
- Contemporary Continental Philosophy (Dimensions of Philosophy) by Robert D'amico on 4 pages
- Models, Truth, and Realism by Barry Taylor on page 29, page 51, and Back Matter
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