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Book SynopsisHilary Putnam, one of America’s most distinguished philosophers, surveys an astonishingly wide range of issues and proposes a new, clear-cut approach to philosophical questions—a renewal of philosophy. He discusses topics from artificial intelligence to natural selection.
Trade ReviewIn this bold, energetic, and extensive work, Putnam undertakes a revitalization of philosophy. He wants to put philosophy back in touch with the ‘human issues which it has always been philosophy’s highest goal to articulate’… This is exciting and engaging stuff, and anyone with an interest in philosophy, at whatever level, will enjoy it and learn from it. -- A. W. Moore * Times Literary Supplement *
Putnam has become a thinker to be reckoned with in the humanities, and
Renewing Philosophy should provide the best approach to his thought. -- David Gorman * Philosophy and Literature *
Table of ContentsPreface The Project of Artificial Intelligence Does Evolution Explain Representation? A Theory of Reference Materialism and Relativism Bernard Williams and the Absolute Conception of the World Irrealism and Deconstruction Wittgenstein on Religious Belief Wittgenstein on Reference and Relativism A Reconsideration of Deweyan Democracy Notes Index
