Naturalism, realism, and normativity / Hilary Putnam ; edited by Mario De Caro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Putnam, Hilary, author.

Contributor:

De Caro, Mario, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realism.

Naturalism.

Perception (Philosophy).

Normativity (Ethics).

Physical Description:

vi, 238 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"This collection of essays by Hilary Putnam, one of the very few contemporary grand masters of philosophy, presents the last development of Putnam's reflections regarding the core issue of his entire career: how to develop a form of philosophical realism able to account for both the scientific and the humanistic view of the world - that is, a conception in which the naturalistic view of the world can be reconciled with the acknowledgment that normative phenomena are a fundamental part of our lives. Many great philosophers, from Hume to Kant, from Mill to Sellars, from Quine to Davidson, have faced this challenge."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Liberal naturalism and normativity

Naturalism, realism, and normativity

On Bernard Williams' "philosophy as a humanistic discipline"

What evolutionary theory doesn't tell us about ethics

Realism and ontology

Sosa on internal realism and conceptual relativity

Richard Boyd on scientific realism

Realism and verificationism

Hans Reichenbach: realist and verificationist

Between Scylla and Charybdis: does Dummett have a way through?

When "evidence transcendence" is not malign

Naïve realism, sensation, and apperception

Sensation and apperception

Perception without sense data

"Naïve realism" and qualia

Looking back

The development of externalist semantics

Sixty-five years of philosophy: a participant's thoughts and experiences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674659698

0674659694

OCLC:

926061397