Realism with a Human Face

by Hilary Putnam

Book Overview

The time has come to reform philosophy, says Hilary Putnam, one of America's great philosophers. He calls upon philosophers to attend to the gap between the present condition of their subject and the human aspirations that philosophy should and once did claim to represent. Putnam's goal is to embed philosophy in social life.

The first part of this book is dedicated to metaphysical questions. Putnam rejects the contemporary metaphysics that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674749456
• ISBN13: 9780674749450
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"