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Putnam's Last Papers: Hilary Putnam: Naturalism, Realism, and Normativity, edited by Mario De Caro. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016, 248 pp, $51.50 HB.

Authors :
Raatikainen, Panu
Source :
Metascience. Nov2019, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p487-489. 3p.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Putnam's Last Papers: Hilary Putnam: Naturalism, Realism, and Normativity, edited by Mario De Caro. If there is any common thread in the various essays in this collection, or at least in many of them, it is Putnam's complex relation to the realism issue - in various senses of "realism." In one essay, Putnam examines his former teacher, Hans Reichenbach, who is commonly classified as a logical positivist. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08150796
Volume :
28
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Metascience
Publication Type :
Review
Accession number :
139772499
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-019-00460-8