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Author Putnam, Hilary.

Title Mind, language, and reality / Hilary Putnam
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1975

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Description xvii, 457 pages ; 24 cm
Series Philosophical papers ; v. 2
Putnam, Hilary. Philosophical papers ; v. 2
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction; 1. Language and philosophy; 2. The analytic and synthetic; 3. Do true assertions correspond to reality?; 4. Some issues in the theory of grammar; 5. The 'innateness hypothesis' and explanatory models in linguistics; 6. How not to talk about meaning; 7. Review of The concept of a person; 8. Is semantics possible?; 9. The refutation of conventionalism; 10. Reply to Gerald Massey; 11. Explanation and reference; 12. The meaning of 'meaning'; 13. Language and reality; 14. Philosophy and our mental life; 15. Dreaming and 'depth grammar'; 16. Brains and behaviour; 17. Other minds; 18. Minds and machines; 19. Robots: machines or artificially created life?; 20. The mental life of some machines; 21. The nature of mental states; 22. Logical positivism and the philosophy of mind; Bibliography; Index
Analysis American philosophy Texts
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 452-455
Subject Brain.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Mind and body.
Philosophy.
Reality.
Author Putnam, Hilary. Philosophical papers.
LC no. 75008316
ISBN 0521206685