Hilary Putnam has been at the center of contemporary debates about the nature of the mind and of its access to the world, about language and its relation to reality, and many other metaphysical and epistemological issues. In this book he turns to pragmatism - and confronts the teachings of James, Peirce, Dewey, and Wittgenstein - not solely out of an interest in theoretical questions, but above all to respond to the questions of whether it is possible to find an alternative to corrosive moral skepticism, on the one hand, and to moral authoritarianism on the other.
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"It is a relatively rare, and very welcome, event when an original, brilliantly imaginative analytic philosopher takes a fresh look at earlier figures in the history of philosophy and proceeds to tell a story that ties in their work with his own. Analytic philosophy's greatest disability remains its lack of historical resonance, and Hilary Putnam is one of the few who have worked hard to help it overcome this handicap ... In sum, this book is a useful supplement to Putnam's other recent work." Richard Rorty, The Philosophical Review
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Hilary Putnam has been at the center of contemporary debates about the nature of the mind and of its access to the world, about language and its relation to reality, and many other metaphysical and epistemological issues. In this book he turns to pragmatism - and confronts the teachings of James, Peirce, Dewey, and Wittgenstein - not solely out of an interest in theoretical questions, but above all to respond to the questions of whether it is possible to find an alternative to corrosive moral skepticism, on the one hand, and to moral authoritarianism on the other.
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Everyone knows the basic thing about truth, that if x is true about x, then y cannot be true of x in so far as the truth of x is concerned. That statement can be discerned easily in most scientific and verifiable truths but not all truths are subject to verification - such as God exists. Pragmatism is a philosophy that extends into many fields of inquiry. Putnam in this book, which is a collection of a series of his lectures deals with the truth as pragmatists have approached it. Putnam, himself, not a pragmatist philosopher, expresses a clear understanding of what the pragmatist approach to truth is. His lectures were exemplary in their clarity but were not meant for the uninitiated. It is a short book and the uninitiated reader may find it helpful to read "Pragmatism - A Guide for the Perplexed" by Robert Talisse first. The advanced reader will enjoy Putnam's dissection and analysis of the differences and errors made by some pragmatist philosophers. He covers a wide range of such philosophers from Kant to Wittgenstein (although some do not regard Wittgenstein as a pragmatist philosopher), and the acknowledged pragmatists like Dewy, Peirce, and Rorty. He explains why pragmatism has taken a leap forward when it transcends the old philosophy in which truth is seen in the dualistic forms, eg, fact and value; and sees the truth as a comingling of them.
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Harvard University Press, New York, The Meaning of Truth, John Dewey, Philosophical Investigations, Cambridge University Press, Human Face, Journal of Philosophy, University of Chicago Press, Bertrand Russell, Cora Diamond, Frazer's Golden Bough, Jerry Fodor, Michael Williams, Open Court, Rudolf Carnap, The Logical Foundations of Probability, Vienna Circle New!
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- On Certainty by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 7 pages
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- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein on 4 pages
- Meaning of Truth (Great Books in Pphilosophy) by William James on page 24, page 25, and page 26
- A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell on page 1, and page 24
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- Beyond Realism and Antirealism: John Dewey and the Neopragmatists (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy) by David L. Hildebrand on 5 pages
- The Revival of Pragmatism: New Essays on Social Thought, Law, and Culture (Post-Contemporary Interventions) by Morris Dickstein on 5 pages
- Naturalizng the Transcendental: A Pragmatic View by Sami Pihstrom on 4 pages
- The Apologetic Value of Human Holiness - Von Balthasar's Christocentric Philosophical Anthropology (Studies in Philosophy and Religion Volume 21) by Victoria S. Harrison on page 125, page 133, and Back Matter
- Pragmatism and Management Inquiry: Insights from the Thought of Charles S. Peirce by Juan Fontrodona on page 112, page 127, and Back Matter
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