Hilary Putnam / Maximilian de Gaynesford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Gaynesford, Maximilian, author.

Series:

Philosophy now.

Philosophy now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Putnam, Hilary.

Philosophy.

Philosophers, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2006.

Summary:

Hilary Putnam is one of the most influential philosophers of recent times, and his authority stretches far beyond the confines of the discipline. He has had a dramatic influence on theories of meaning, semantic content, the nature of mental phenomena, on interpretations of quantum mechanics, theory-change, logic, mathematics, and on what shape we should desire for future philosophy. However, the diversity of Putnam's writings and his frequent spells of radical rethinking pose a considerable challenge to readers. De Gaynesford shows how these difficulties may be overcome by examining the whole of Putnam's career within its historical context in an accurate and accessible way. In so doing he reveals a basic unity in Putnam's work, achieved through repeated engagements with a small set of hard problems. By foregrounding this integrity, the book offers an account that is both true to Putnam and will be welcomed by students and philosophers alike as an aid to reading his work.

Contents:

pt. 1. Context

pt. 2. Character

pt. 3. Content : earlier perspectives

pt. 4. Content : later perspectives.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49408-3

1-317-49409-1

1-315-71215-6

9786612534614

1-84465-311-0

1-282-53461-0

9781315712154

OCLC:

898771496