Hilary Putnam

<p>One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam's involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic.<br>This specially commissioned collection discusses his contribution to the realist and pragmatist debate. Hilary Putnam comments on the issues raised in each article, making it invaluable for any scholar of his work.</p> <p>Taking Pragmatism Seriously <em>R.A. Putnam, Wellesley College, USA</em><br>Realism with a Metaphysical Skull <em>John Haldane, University of St Andrews</em><br>Putnam and Pragmatist Theory of Truth <em>Nicholar Rescher, University of Pittsburgh</em><br>Pragmatism and Legal Reasoning <em>Richard Warner, Chicago-Kent College of Law</em><br>Truth and Trans-Theoretical Terms <em>Gary Ebbs, University of Illinois at Urgana-Champaign</em><br>Pragmatics and Pragmatisms <em>Robert Brandom, University of Pittsburgh</em><br>What Laws of Logic Say <em>Charles Travis, Northwestern Univrsity in Evanston, Illinois</em><br>Causal Theory of Perception and Direct Realism <em>Tadeusz Szubka, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland</em><br>Comments on papers <em>Hilary Putnam, Harvard University</em></p>