Following Putnam's Trail: On Realism and Other Issues (Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, 95)

Following Putnam's Trail addresses Putnam's path through important philosophical problems. One outstanding feature of Putnam's philosophy has been his contribution to the development of American pragmatism as well as his many changes of mind when thinking about realism. Realism and pragmatism are indeed the central focus of the contributions to the volume. The book includes a defence of pragmatism by Putnam himself, and several commentaries on it. This volume should be of interest both to scholars who specialize in analytical philosophy as well as to those who have a wider interest in philosophy. Introduction: Putnam and the notion of "reality" -- Celeste Cancela Silva -- Part I. Hilary Putnam's pragmatism: What makes pragmatism so different? -- Hilary Putnam Pragmatism, pluralism, and the Peirce principle -- Juan José Acero Dichotomies: facts and epistemic values -- Christopher Hookway Dichotomies and artifacts: a reply to professor Hookway -- Jaime Nubiola -- Part II. Pragmatism and humanism: Three pragmatisms: Putnam, Rorty, and Brandom -- Maria Baghramian Putnam beyond Putnam: understanding, pragmatism, humanism -- Ulvi Doguoglu Some sources of Putnam's pragmatism -- Russell B. Goodman Putnam and the "god's-eye-view": on the logical structure of anti-foundationalist pragmatism -- Chiara Tabet -- Part III. Realisms. Conceptual relativity and structures of explanation -- José Tomás Alvarado Conceptual relativity and speaking-sensitive semantics -- Celeste Cancela Silva Putnam on ontology -- Matti Eklund The pragmatic realism of Hilary Putnam -- Fernando González García, -- María Uxía Rivas Monroy -- Part IV. Fact/value dichotomy: Moral disagreement and the "fact/value entanglement" -- Ángel Manuel Faerna Truth and moral objectivity : procedural realism in Putnam's pragmatism -- Francisco Javier Gilmartín, -- Jesús Vega Encabo The fact/value entanglement as a linguistic illusion -- Óscar L. González-Castán. "Following Putnam's Trail addresses Putnam's path through important philosophical problems. One outstanding feature of Putnam's philosophy has been his contribution to the development of American pragmatism as well as bis many changes of mind when thinking about realism. Realism and pragmatism are indeed the central focus of the contributions to the volume. The book includes a defence of pragmatism by Putnam himself, and several commentaries on it. This volume should be of interest both to scholars who specialize in analytical philosophy as well as to those who have a wider interest in philosophy."--Jacket