Realism with a Human Face

Hilary Putnam

Edited and Introduced by James Conant

    Introduction by James Conant

    PART 1: METAPHYSICS

    1. Realism with a Human Face

    A. Realism
    B. Relativism

    2. A Defense of Internal Realism

    3. After Empiricism

    4. Is Water Necessarily H2O?

    5. Is the Causal Structure of the Physical Itself Something Physical?

    6. Truth and Convention

    7. Why Is a Philosopher?

    8. The Craving for Objectivity

    PART 2: ETHICS AND AESTHETICS

    9. Beyond the Fact/Value Dichotomy

    10. The Place of Facts in a World of Values

    11. Objectivity and the Science/Ethics Distinction

    12. How Not to Solve Ethical Problems

    13. Taking Rules Seriously

    14. Scientific Liberty and Scientific License

    15. Is There a Fact of the Matter about Fiction?

    PART 3: STUDIES IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY

    16. William James's Ideas (with Ruth Anna Putnam)

    17. James's Theory of Perception

    18. Peirce the Logician

    19. The Way the World Is

    20. The Greatest Logical Positivist

    21. Meaning Holism

    22. Nelson Goodman's Fact, Fiction, and Forecast

    Notes

    Credits

    Index

  • Cover: Realism with a Human Face
  • A photo of the author

Hilary Putnam is Cogan University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University.

James Conant is Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities University of Chicago.