SQUARING WITH WITTGENSTEIN: VERSIONS OF 'REALISM' IN PUTNAM'S LATER PHILOSOPHY.

Discusses author Hilary Putnam's thoughts about realism in his 1994 Dewey Lectures and other writings. Influence of Wittgenstein's philosophy on Putnam; Proposed idea of language as the crucial means by which human beings extended their capacity to make the kinds of inference that are shared by oth...

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Publicado en:	Southern Humanities Review Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 1 - 42
Autor principal:	Norris, Christopher
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Southern Humanities Review Winter2001
Materias:	Realism Author-publisher relations Putnam, Hilary, 1926-2016 Attitude (Psychology) Criticism
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Sumario:	Discusses author Hilary Putnam's thoughts about realism in his 1994 Dewey Lectures and other writings. Influence of Wittgenstein's philosophy on Putnam; Proposed idea of language as the crucial means by which human beings extended their capacity to make the kinds of inference that are shared by other animal species.