This study examines Hilary Putnam's work in epistemology, philosophy of science and mathematics, philosophical logic and semantics and cognitive psychology. It takes account of his various shifts in philosophical viewpoint over the past four decades, and demonstrates how Putnam arrived at the different positions he has occupied during his career, and discusses the various forms of anti-realist doctrine with which he has engaged. The workd offers commentary on Putnam's writing about conceptual problems in the interpretation of quantum mechanics and places Putnam's work in a wider philosophical context, relating it to various contemporary debates in epistemology and the philosophy of science.
Product details
- Paperback | 288 pages
- 156 x 234 x 25.4mm
- 01 Sep 2002
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- English
- 0719061962
- 9780719061967
- 2,021,741
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