Reason, truth, and history /

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Author / Creator:Putnam, Hilary
Imprint:Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Description:xii, 222 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/441538
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ISBN:0521230357
0521297761 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Brains in a vat
  • 2. A problem about reference
  • 3. Two philosophical perspectives
  • 4. Mind and body
  • 5. Two conceptions of rationality
  • 6. Fact and value
  • 7. Reason and history
  • 8. The impact of science on modern conceptions of rationality
  • 9. Values, facts and cognition
  • Appendix
  • Index