Renewing Philosophy


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Review. In this bold, energetic, and extensive work, Putnam undertakes a revitalization of philosophy. He wants to put philosophy back in touch with the ' human. Hilary Putnam, one of America's most distinguished philosophers, surveys an astonishingly wide range of issues and proposes a new, clear-cut approach to.

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Representation and Reality Representation and Mind. Realism with a Human Face. From Library Journal By criticizing some theses of cognitive science and evolutionary theory, noted Harvard philosopher Putnam tries to show that present-day science does not provide an adequate metaphysics.

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He wants to put philosophy back in touch with the 'human issues which it has always been philosophy's highest goal to articulate' Written in Putnam's characteristically lucid and engaging style, this is a compelling call to reject the confusions and reductions that obscure the human issues which it has always been philosophy's highest goal to articulate. No Kindle device required. Return to Book Page. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway.

Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. By criticizing some theses of cognitive science and evolutionary theory, noted Harvard philosopher Putnam tries to show that present-day science does not provide an adequate metaphysics. He adds that writing "about "Putnam's philosophy' is like trying to capture the wind with a fishing-net. In his early years at Harvard, he was an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam.

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Although he writes in the idiom of analytic philosophy, Putnam addresses major themes relating science to ethics and epistemology. If these themes are reminiscent of David Humeas, for that matter, is much of analytic philosophyhis treatment of them is not. Putnam's work is far more profoundly shaped by recent work in logic, foundations of mathematics, and science than would have been possible for Hume; Putnam has contributed to each.

He differs from Hume and stands more in the tradition of Willard Quine and American pragmatism in his treatment of the crucial distinctions between analytic and synthetic statements and between facts and values.

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