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Mind, language, and reality / Hilary Putnam

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Putnam, Hilary. Philosophical papers ; 2Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1979, ©1975Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: xvii, 457 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521295513
  • 9780521295512
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 510.1 P989M
Contents:
Language and philosophy -- The analytic and the synthetic -- Do true assertions correspond to reality? -- Some issues in the theory of grammar -- The 'innateness hypothesis' and explanatory models in linguistics -- How not to talk about meaning -- Review of The concept of a person -- Is semantics possible? -- The refutation of conventionalism -- Reply to Gerald Massey -- Explanation and reference -- The meaning of 'meaning' -- Language and reality -- Philosophy and our mental life -- Dreaming and 'depth grammar' -- Brains and behavior -- Other minds -- Minds and machines -- Robots: machines or artificially created life? -- The mental life of some machines -- The nature of mental states -- Logical positivism and the philosophy of mind
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 510.1 P989M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V.2 Not for loan 065938

Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-455) and index

Language and philosophy -- The analytic and the synthetic -- Do true assertions correspond to reality? -- Some issues in the theory of grammar -- The 'innateness hypothesis' and explanatory models in linguistics -- How not to talk about meaning -- Review of The concept of a person -- Is semantics possible? -- The refutation of conventionalism -- Reply to Gerald Massey -- Explanation and reference -- The meaning of 'meaning' -- Language and reality -- Philosophy and our mental life -- Dreaming and 'depth grammar' -- Brains and behavior -- Other minds -- Minds and machines -- Robots: machines or artificially created life? -- The mental life of some machines -- The nature of mental states -- Logical positivism and the philosophy of mind

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