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Save Hilary Putnam - Reason, Truth and History. Cambrid... For Later REASON, TRUTH AND HISTORY
Hilary Putnam
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© Cambridge University Press 1981
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First published 1981
Reprinted 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
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FOR RUTH ANNA OCNUNNAKHAWNH
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Contents
Preface
Brains in a vat
A problem about reference
Two philosophical perspectives
Mind and body
Two conceptions of rationality
Fact and value
Reason and history
The impact of science on modern
conceptions of rationality
Values, facts and cognition
Appendix
Index
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