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Hilary Putnam

[Putnam (Hilary)]

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Author Narrative:

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Footnote 1: This potted biography was taken from Pragmatism Website.

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Links to other Authors with Surnames Putnam

Putnam (Bill) Putnam (Daniel) Putnam (Ruth Anna)


Authors, Books, Papers & Notes Citing this Author

Author Title Medium Extra Links Read?
Baker (Lynne Rudder) On the Very Idea of a Form of Life Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Boden (Margaret) Artificial Intelligence in Psychology: Interdisciplinary Essays Book Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Brown (Jessica) Natural Kind Terms and Recognitional Capacities Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Burley (Justin), Ed. The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Dennett (Daniel) True Believers: The Intentional Strategy and Why it Works Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Dorr (Cian) What We Disagree about When We Disagree about Ontology Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Eklund (Matti) The Picture of Reality as an Amorphous Lump Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Ferner (Adam) Metaphysics and biology: a critique of David Wiggins’ account of personal identity Paper High Quality Abstract    
Goodman (Nelson) Fact, Fiction and Forecast Book Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Heil (John), Ed. Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology Book Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Kung (Peter) You Really Do Imagine It: Against Error Theories of Imagination Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Lewis (David) Putnam's Paradox Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Loux (Michael) Realism and Anti-Realism Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
LRB London Review of Books Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  
Mellor (D.H.) Real Time: Introduction and Summary Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Okasha (Samir) Darwinian Metaphysics: Species And The Question Of Essentialism Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Pereboom (Derek) & Kornblith (Hilary) The Metaphysics of Irreducibility Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Raatikainen (Panu) Putnam, Languages and Worlds Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Reid (Jasper) Kripke on Naming and Necessity (Course Notes) Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Sider (Ted) Reductive Theories of Modality Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Todman (Theo) Dennett - True Believers Note Medium Quality Abstract    
Todman (Theo) Ferner - Metaphysics and biology: a critique of David Wiggins’ account of personal identity Note Medium Quality Abstract    
Todman (Theo) London Review of Books Note Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  
Van Fraassen (Bas) The Scientific Image Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Wiggins (David) Continuants: Their Activity, Their Being, and Their Identity Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Wiggins (David) Preface: Sameness and Substance Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Wright (Crispin) Précis of Truth and Objectivity Paper Medium Quality Abstract    


Author's Books In My Possession

Author Title Pages Read? Further Information
Putnam (Hilary) Meaning and the Moral Sciences 140   Book AbstractLow Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophical Papers 1 - Mathematics, Matter and Method 364 1% Book
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophical Papers 2 - Mind, Language and Reality 457   Book
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophical Papers 3 - Realism and Reason 312   Book
Benacerraf (Paul) & Putnam (Hilary) Philosophy of Mathematics - Selected Readings 600   Book
Putnam (Hilary), Conant (James) Realism with a Human Face 421 2% Book AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Reason, Truth and History 222 1% Book
Putnam (Hilary) Representation and Reality 136   Book
Putnam (Hilary) The Many Faces of Realism 98   Book
Putnam (Hilary) The Threefold Cord: Mind, Body and World 234   Book

Author's Papers In My Possession

Author Title Pages Read? Further Information
Putnam (Hilary) A Defense of Internal Realism 13   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) A Philosopher Looks at Quantum Mechanics 29   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) A Problem About Reference (+ Appendix) 29   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) After Empiricism 11   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) After Metaphysics, What? 4   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Against the New Associationism 12   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) An Examination of Grunbaum's Philosophy of Geometry 37   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Analyticity and Aprioricity: Beyond Wittgenstein and Quine 24   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Beyond Historicism 17   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Beyond the Fact/Value Distinction 7   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Brains and Behaviour 10   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Brains in a Vat 21 17% Paper AbstractLow Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Comment on Chomsky's Reply (What is Innate and Why) 2   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Computational Psychology and Interpretive Theory 16   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Convention: a Theme in Philosophy 14   Paper AbstractLow Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Craig's Theorem 9   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) 'Degree of Confirmation' and Inductive Logic 23   Paper
Boolos (George) & Putnam (Hilary) Degrees of Unsolvability of Constructible Sets of Integers 17   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Discussion: Comments on Comments on Comments: A Reply to Margenau and Winer 7   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Do True Assertions Correspond to Reality? 15   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Dreaming and 'Depth Grammar' 21   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Equivalence 20   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Explanation and Reference 19   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Fact and Value 23   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Hans Reichenbach: Realist and Verificationist 14   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Hilary Putnam 7   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) How Not to Solve Ethical Problems 14   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) How Not To Talk About Meaning 15   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Is It Necessary That Water is H2O? 26   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Is Semantics Possible? 14   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Is the Causal Structure of the Physical Itself Something Physical? 16   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Is There a Fact of the Matter About Fiction? 8 Yes Paper AbstractHigh Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Is Water Necessarily H2O? 26   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) It Ain't Necessarily So 13   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) James's Theory of Perception 20   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Language and Philosophy 32   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Language and Reality 19   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Logical Positivism and the Philosophy of Mind 11   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Mathematics Without Foundations 17 30% Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Meaning and Reference 16   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Meaning Holism 25   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Meaning, Other People, and the World 24   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Memo on 'Conventionalism' 9   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Mind and Body 28   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Minds and Machines 24   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Models and Reality 25   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Nelson Goodman's Fact, Fiction and Forecast 8   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Objectivity and the Science/Ethics Distinction 16   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) On Properties 18   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Other Minds 20   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Peirce the Logician 9   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophers and Human Understanding 21   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophy and Our Mental Life 13   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophy of Language and the Rest of Philosophy 11   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophy of Logic 36   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Benacerraf (Paul) & Putnam (Hilary) Philosophy of Mathematics: Introduction 40   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Philosophy of Physics 14   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Possibility and Necessity 23   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Pragmatism 16   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Probability and Confirmation 12   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Quantum Mechanics and the Observer 23   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Realism and Reason: An Overview of the Problem 12   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Realism With a Human Face 27   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Realism with a Human Face: Preface 5   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Reason and History 24   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Reason, Truth and History: Preface 4   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Reference and Truth 18   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Reflections on Goodman's Ways of Worldmaking 15   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Reply to Gerald Massey 4   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Representation and Reality 136   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Review of The Concept of a Person 7   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Robots: Machines or Artificially Created Life? 22   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Science as Approximation to Truth 8   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Scientific Liberty and Scientific License 8   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Some Issues in the Theory of Grammar 22   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Taking Rules Seriously 8   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Analytic and the Synthetic 37   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The 'Corroboration' of Theories 20   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Craving For Objectivity 15   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Diversity of the Sciences: Global Versus Local Methodological Approaches 17   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Greatest Logical Positivist 10   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Impact of Science on Modern Conceptions of Rationality 27   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The 'Innateness Hypothesis' and Explanatory Models in Linguistics 10   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Logic of Quantum Mechanics 24   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Meaning of 'Meaning' 57   Paper AbstractLow Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) The Mental Life of Some Machines 21   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Nature of Mental States 12   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Place of Facts in a World of Values 21   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Refutation of Conventionalism 39   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Thesis That Mathematics is Logic 31   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) The Way the World Is 7   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) There Is At Least One A Priori Truth 17   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Three-Valued Logic 18   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Time and Physical Geometry 8   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Truth and Convention 19   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Truth and Necessity in Mathematics 11   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Two Conceptions of Rationality 24   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) 'Two Dogmas' Revisited 11   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Two Philosophical Perspectives 26   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Vagueness and Alternative Logic 16   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Values, Facts and Cognition 16   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) What is Innate and Why 10   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) What is Mathematical Truth? 19   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) What Theories Are Not 13   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Why Functionalism Didn't Work 15   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Why Is a Philosopher 15   Paper
Putnam (Hilary) Why Reason Can't Be Naturalized 19   Paper AbstractMedium Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) Why There Isn't a Ready-made World 24   Paper AbstractLow Quality Abstract
Putnam (Hilary) & Putnam (Ruth) William James's Ideas 15   Paper


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