Table of Contents

Introduction: A life in Philosophy, Maria Baghramian Prologue: From Quantum Mechanics to Ethics and Back Again, Hilary Putnam Part 1: The Enigma of Realism 1. What of Pragmatism with the World Here?, Richard Boyd 2. Hilary and Me: Tracking down Putnam on the Realism Issue, Michael Devitt 3. Putnam and the Philosophical Appeal to Common Sense,David Macarthur Part 2: On What There Is 5. Putnam vs. Quine on Revisability and the Analytic-Synthetic Distinction, Axel Mueller 6. Putnam on Existence and Ontology, Charles Parsons 7. Some Sources of Putnam’s Pluralism, Russell Goodman 8. Physics and Narrative, David Albert 9. Hilary Putnam’s Moral Philosophy, Ruth Anna Putnam Part 3: Perception 10. Some Remarks on Externalism, Tyler Burge 11. Wittgenstein and Qualia, Ned Block 12. Affording us the World, Charles Travis 13. Concepts in Perceptual Experience: Putnam and Travis, John McDowell Part 4: An Epilogue 14. On Nietzschean Perfectionism, Stanley Cavell. Index

About the Author

Hilary Putnam is Cogan University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of eighteen books and numerous articles. His work has been instrumental in furthering research in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of science and mathematics.





Maria Baghramian is currently the Head of School of Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland and the editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Reviews

"Some of the papers in this varied collection interpret Putnam's claims or arguments, others present new work on a topic relating to Putnam's interests, and still others interpret and argue for positive views of their own. They are all interesting and clearly written, as are Putnam's responses. … The volume reminds us of the breadth, depth and creativity of Putnam's thinking, and the large number of very fundamental contributions that he has made." – Cory Juhl, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews“This edited volume is one [of] the liveliest and most thought-provoking compilations one can find on the shelves today. Containing contributions by some of the leading writers of the philosophical world, it offers the latest word on the most central issues that have been occupying English speaking philosophers over the last 100 years.” -Yuval Dolev, Analysis

"Some of the papers in this varied collection interpret Putnam's claims or arguments, others present new work on a topic relating to Putnam's interests, and still others interpret and argue for positive views of their own. They are all interesting and clearly written, as are Putnam's responses. … The volume reminds us of the breadth, depth and creativity of Putnam's thinking, and the large number of very fundamental contributions that he has made." – Cory Juhl, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews